- recepticius
- rĕceptīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [recipio, I. A. 2.], kept back, retained, reserved: servus, one whom the wife, at the delivery of the dos, retains as her own exclusive property, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 5 sqq.:
dos, quam quis in mortem mulieris a marito stipulatur,
Dig. 39, 6, 31, § 2; cf. Ulp. Fragm. 6, 5:actio,
a complaint to secure the payment of a debt from a surety, Cod. Just. 4, 18, 2.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.