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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.—
(β). In a good sense: “hospitii,Ambros. in Luc. 6, 66 fin.
III. A reconqueror: “Orientis,Vop. Aurel. 26: “Orientis occidentisque,Eutr. 9, 9.
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    • Cicero, For Milo, 19.50
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