receptrix

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕceptrīx,¹⁴ īcis, f. (receptor), recéleuse : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17 ; 5, 160.