(v. a.P. a.) : rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (
* Fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.: recepso, for recepero,Cat. 44, 19), v. a. capio.
* To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
* Lit. (very freq. and class.): dandis recipiendisque meritis,Cic. Lael. 8, 26: tu me sequere ad trapezitam . . . recipe actutum,Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.: centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4: si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.: obsides,Suet. Aug. 21: reges,Liv. 2, 15: recepto amico,Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake: cum Tarento amisso ... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset ... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11: Lavinium,Liv. 2, 39; so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,Liv. 3, 63: praeda omnis recepta est,id. 3, 3: signa, quae ademerant Parthi,Suet. Tib. 9: arma,Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so, sagittam ab alterā parte,Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so, milites defessos,id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.: exercitum,Liv. 10, 42: equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,Caes. B. C. 3, 58: illum ego ... medio ex hoste recepi,bore away, rescued,Verg. A. 6, 111.
* (Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one's self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
* Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover: ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,Liv. 24, 3: jus,Quint. 5, 10, 118: et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,got back,Ov. M. 3, 384: quam (vitam) postquam recepi,received again,id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one's breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf. spiritum,Quint. 11, 3, 55: animam,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. § 13;: a tanto pavore recipere animos,Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.: a pavore animum,id. 2, 50, 10: e pavore recepto animo,id. 44, 10, 1; for which: animos ex pavore,id. 21, 5 fin.: recepto animo,Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29: animum vultumque,Ov. F. 4, 615: mente receptā,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104: (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,to bring it back,Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. — In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,Curt. 4, 12, 17.
* In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6): posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.: aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,Cato, R. R. 149, 2.
* To restore (late Lat.): urbem munitissimam,to fortify anew,Amm. 16, 3, 2.
* With se.
* To betake one's self, withdraw, retire from or to any place: ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7: ad frugem bonam,Cic. Cael. 12, 28: ad reliquam cogitationem belli,Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.: se a voluptatibus in otium,Plin. Pan. 82, 8: se in principem,to resume his princely air,id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.
* To recover, to collect one's self: difficulter se recipiunt,regain strength,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,Liv. 10, 28: se ex terrore ac fugā,Caes. B. G. 2, 12: se ex timore,id. ib. 4, 34: se ex fugā,id. ib. 4, 27: nondum totā me mente recepi,Ov. M. 5, 275.
* Lit.
* With simple acc.: quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79: aliquem,Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48: hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.: hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.; 3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,Sall. J. 16, 3: neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89: nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 et saep.: quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and: (Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31: equus frenum recepit,received, submitted to,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36: necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,Caes. B. G. 5, 35.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* Rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare): auctoritas receptior,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.
* Rĕceptum, i, n.subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty: satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.: promissum et receptum intervertit,id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.
* In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1; for which: totum telum corpore,Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and: ense recepto,Luc. 2, 194 Corte.
* Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo; eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 30: Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,Liv. 6, 29: Aegyptum sine certamine,Just. 11, 11, 1: eo oppido recepto,Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.: civitatem,id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30; 3, 16: Aetoliam,id. ib. 3, 55: rempublicam armis,Sall. C. 11, 4: Alciden terra recepta vocat,the subjugated earth,Prop. 5, 9, 38.
* In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients: antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).
* To take to or upon one's self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, ἐνδέχομαι: non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91: jusjurandum,id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one's self, Liv. 10, 40: quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,admitted,Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15: antiquitas recepit fabulas . . . haec aetas autem respuit,Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19: nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119: assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,id. Lael. 26, 97: timor misericordiam non recipit,Caes. B. G. 7, 26: casus recipere (res),to admit, be liable to,id. B. C. 1, 78; so, aliquem casum (res),id. ib. 3, 51: re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3: sed hoc distinctionem recipit,Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.: si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101: in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31: nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.
* Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.): alicujus sententiam,Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1: opinionem,id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.
* In partic.
* To take upon one's self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.: spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae ... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1: in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and: in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39: verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9: causam Sex. Roscii,Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2: mandatum,id. ib. 38, 112: officium,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183: curam ad se,Suet. Tit. 6.
* To take an obligation upon one's self, to pledge one's self, pass one's word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = ἀναδέχομαι (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis ... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.: ad me recipio: Faciet,Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12: promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.: spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause: promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.: pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de: de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf. also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,had given him a solemn assurance,Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo): ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1: mihi,id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.: quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause: mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5; so,id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin.
* In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the praetor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9; for which: recipere reum,Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21: aliquem inter reos,id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence

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