receptaculum

English

Etymology

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.kepˈtaː.ku.lum/, [rɛkɛpˈt̪äːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.t͡ʃepˈta.ku.lum/, [ret͡ʃepˈt̪äːkulum]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	receptāculum	receptācula
Genitive	receptāculī	receptāculōrum
Dative	receptāculō	receptāculīs
Accusative	receptāculum	receptācula
Ablative	receptāculō	receptāculīs
Vocative	receptāculum	receptācula

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: receptacle
→ English: receptacle
→ French: réceptacle
→ Italian: ricettacolo
→ Portuguese: receptáculo
→ Spanish: receptáculo

References

“receptaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“receptaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
receptaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
receptaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.