acceptor Latin · revision 9857

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *kap-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [akˈkɛp.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈt͡ʃɛp.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acceptor''' ''m'' (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|accipiō|-tor|t1=to receive, accept]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨accipiō⟩ is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kap-i-]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus' ''Trinummus'', of one who accepts as true.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a person who accepts as true, a believer, as in Plautus; one who receives, a receiver, as in the Theodosian Code; and a collector of dues, as in an inscription.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for an accepter, receiver, and in ''acceptor persōnārum'' a respecter, favourer of persons.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who accepts as true, a [[m|en|believer]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A receiver; a collector (of dues).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accipiō]]

+ * [[acceptus]]

+ * [[acceptrīx]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate ''acceptor'' is a form of [[accipiter]] “hawk”, in Lucilius' ''exta acceptōris'', reshaped after ''accipere''; in Medieval Latin it was a falcon.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}