adjective

rĕceptīcĭus

fem. rĕceptīcia · neut. rĕceptīcium

or , , recipio, I. A. 2.

kept back; retained; reserved •

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.

Perseus ID: n40548 Key: recepticius