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Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕceptrix: īcis, f. receptor.
I She that receives, App. Mund. p. 66, 17; id. Asclep. p. 77, 30; p. 287 Bip.; Ambros. in Luc. 8, 52.—
II In a bad sense, she that harbors or conceals: Messana, praedarum ac furtorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17; 2, 5, 62, § 160.