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receptio

receptio

Latin

Noun

receptiō f ‎(genitive receptiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of receiving, reception.
  2. A secret reception.
  3. The act of holding back, retention, reservation.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative receptiō receptiōnēs
genitive receptiōnis receptiōnum
dative receptiōnī receptiōnibus
accusative receptiōnem receptiōnēs
ablative receptiōne receptiōnibus
vocative receptiō receptiōnēs

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Etymology

From recipiō ‎(“I receive; hold back, reserve”), from re- ‎(“back, again”) + capiō ‎(“I hold”).

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