susceptĭo

ōnis, f.

suscipio

I. a taking in hand, undertaking (good prose): quae proficiscuntur a virtute, susceptione primā, non perfectione, recta sunt judicanda, Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32: laborum dolorumque, id. Ac. 1, 6, 23: causae, id. Mur. 1, 2: rerum istarum, Gell. 9, 3, 5.—
II. An acceptance: fidelium, Ambros. in Luc. 6, 6.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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