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Receptaculum
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Recˊep-tac′u-lum
(rĕsˊĕp-tăk′ū̍-lŭm)
, Noun.
pl.
Receptacula
(rĕsˊĕp-tăk′ū̍-lȧ)
. [L.]
(Anat.)
A receptacle;
as, the
. receptaculum
of the chyleDefinition 2024
receptaculum
receptaculum
English
Noun
receptaculum (plural receptacula)
- (anatomy) A receptacle.
- the receptaculum of the chyle
Latin
Etymology
From receptus (“recovered”) + -culum (“creating nouns describing the tool or agent for effecting an action”), from receptō (“I recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; I reserve”), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.kepˈtaː.ku.lum/
Noun
receptāculum n (genitive receptāculī); second declension
- A place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.
- A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retreat.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | receptāculum | receptācula |
| genitive | receptāculī | receptāculōrum |
| dative | receptāculō | receptāculīs |
| accusative | receptāculum | receptācula |
| ablative | receptāculō | receptāculīs |
| vocative | receptāculum | receptācula |
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References
- receptaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- receptaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- RECEPTACULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “receptaculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.