recipiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of recipiō (“take back; receive”).

Participle

recipiēns (genitive recipientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. taking back
2. receiving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	recipiēns			recipientēs	recipientia
Genitive	recipientis			recipientium
Dative	recipientī			recipientibus
Accusative	recipientem	recipiēns		recipientēs recipientīs	recipientia
Ablative	recipiente recipientī1			recipientibus
Vocative	recipiēns			recipientēs	recipientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → Catalan: recipient
• → English: recipient
• → French: récipient
• → Italian: recipiente
• → Portuguese: recipiente
• → Romanian: recipient
• → Spanish: recipiente