receptrix

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Latin

Etymology

From recipiō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

Noun

receptrīx f (genitive receptrīcis); third declension

  1. receiver (female)
  2. 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.