RECEIVER Copy link • RECEIVEROwe who receives, qui recipit, etc.; accipiens (opposed to dans, tribuens): receptator (especially of thieves, etc.): the receiver is as bad as the thief, non tantum qui rapuit, verum is quoque qui recepit, tenetur; quia receptatores non minus delinquunt quam aggressores (Marcian., Dig., 47, 16, 1): a receiver of customs, etc., exactor portorii: portitor: qui vectigalia or portoria exigit. Vessel into which spirits are emitted from the still, excipula or excipulum (Plin.); vas exceptorium (Ulp., Jurisconsulti).