receptus

1.

rĕceptus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. recipio.

2.

rĕceptus, ūs, m. [recipio].

I.

A drawing back (very rare).

A.

Lit.:

spiritus... in receptu difficilis,

hard to recover, Quint. 11, 3, 32, § 53. —

B.

Trop., a retraction, recantation:

receptus nimis pertinacis sententiae,

Liv. 4, 57, 4. —

II.

Milit. t. t., a drawing or falling back, a retiring, retreat (very freq. in prose and poetry):

ut expeditum ad suos receptum habeant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33; so,

habere receptum ad aliquem,

id. ib. 6, 9;

and simply receptus habere,

id. B. C. 1, 59; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2; Liv. 27, 27; 44, 39 al.:

cum receptus primis non esset,

id. 28, 23; 40, 32:

dare receptum alicui,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46; 1, 82 fin.;

and simply receptus dare,

id. ib. 2, 30 fin.:

Caesar receptui cani jussit,

id. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

receptui signum audire,

Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

signum dare receptui,

Liv. 4, 31, 3:

Caesar receptui suorum timens,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46; 3, 69:

receptui sibi consulebant,

id. ib. 3, 11, §

4: haud facili inde receptu,

Liv. 29, 7: ne receptum amittam, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2 et saep.: canere receptui a miseriis contemplandis, to give the signal for leaving off, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. — In plur.:

(bucina) cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340:

cane, Musa, receptus,

leave off, id. Tr. 4, 9, 31; and in the signif., place of retreat, refuge:

tuti recessus,

Verg. A. 11, 527:

perdices surculis receptus suos vestiunt,

nests, Sol. 7 fin. (cf. receptaculum, II. fin. ).—

2.

Transf., a going back, retreating:

receptus et recursus maris,

i. e. the ebb and flow, Eum. Paneg. Const. 6 fin. —

B.

Trop., a retiring, falling back, retreat:

receptui canente receptu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 4:

receptus ad Caesaris gratiam atque amicitiam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

receptum ad poenitendum habere,

Liv. 42, 13:

ad expertam clementiam,

id. 3, 2:

a malis consiliis receptum,

id. 28, 25; Col. 6. 23, 2.