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Latin
Etymology
From recipiō + -trīx.
Pronunciation
Noun
receptrīx f (genitive receptrīcis); third declension
- receiver (female)
- concealer (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “receptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “receptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- receptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.