recepit

Recepit is a Latin verb form. It is the third-person singular perfect indicative active of the verb recipere, meaning “he/she/it received” or “he took back.” The same verb also has present forms such as recipit, meaning “he receives.”

Etymology and form: Recipere is a compound built from the prefix re- “back” and capere “to take.” In its principal parts the verb appears as recipio, recipis, recipit, recipimus, recipitis, recipiunt in the present tense, and as recepi, recepisti, recepit in the perfect. The form recepit specifically marks the third-person singular past tense, indicating a completed action of receiving or taking back. Latin verbs of this class are often used in narratives, inscriptions, and scholastic texts.

Usage: Recepit occurs in classical and later Latin to report that something was received. Example: Dominus pecuniam recepit. Translation: The master received the money. The form can appear in a variety of contexts, including narrative, legal, and epistolary passages, where a completed transfer or reception is described.

Note: In English, recepit is not a standard word; it is useful mainly as a Latin verb form encountered in texts or in discussions of Latin grammar. The English word most closely related in meaning is receipt, which is a noun for a record of a transaction.

See also: recipere, Latin verbs, receipt (English).