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English
Etymology
Latin receptaculum
Noun
receptaculum (plural receptacula)
- (anatomy) A receptacle.
- the receptaculum of the chyle
Latin
Etymology
From receptō (“I recover, harbor”) (stem receptā-) + -culum (suffix creating nouns describing the tool or agent for effecting an action), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; I reserve”) (past participle receptus (“recovered”)), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
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.
- Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, dēverticulum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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