noun
rĕceptor
Meaning
- A receiver
rĕceptor, ōris, m. id..
I. A receiver, shelterer:
civium, who releases from servitude, Prud. Cath. 12, 144.— II. In a bad sense, a hider, harborer, concealer:
non tantum qui rapiunt, verum is quoque, qui recipit ex causis supra scriptis tenetur, quia receptores non minus delinquunt quam aggressores, Dig. 47, 9, 3, § 3; cf. furum, ib. 1, 18, 13: ipse ille latronum occultator et receptor locus, * Cic. Mil. 19, 50: praedarum receptor et socius populandi, Tac. A. 4, 23: abigeorum, Dig. 47, 14, 3.— (b). In a good sense:
hospitii, Ambros. in Luc. 6, 66 fin.—III. A reconqueror:
Orientis, Vop. Aurel. 26: Orientis occidentisque, Eutr. 9, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
receptor ōris, m
re-+CAP-, a harborer, concealer : ille latronum receptor locus.