뜻

1. 받아들이다, 수용하다, 인정하다
2. 알게 되다

1. I receive, accept
2. I hear (of), learn (of)

예문

• etsi iam sperabam, cum has litteras accepisses, fore ut ea quae superioribus litteris a te petissemus impetrata essent, tamen non faciam finem rogandi quoad nobis nuntiatum erit te id fecisse quod magna cum spe exspectamus. (M. Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus, LIBER SEXTVS DECIMVS AD ATTICVM, letter 16E 3:2)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, 아티쿠스에게 보낸 편지들, , 3:2)

• etenim si plurimas a tuo praetore iniurias accepisses, tamen eas ferendo maiorem laudem quam ulciscendo mererere; (M. Tullius Cicero, Quae Divinatio Dicitur, chapter 18 3:1)

  (마르쿠스 툴리우스 키케로, , 18장 3:1)

• profecto ex populo Romano ad hoc tempus multo plura bona accepisses, quam mala perpessus es[ses]. Sed quoniam humanarum rerum fortuna atque, uti coepisti, perge. (Sallust, The Jugurthine War, chapter 102 102:11)

  (살루스티우스, , 102장 102:11)

• Si, quod a Seneca accepisses, Annaeo te debere diceres vel Lucio, non creditorem mutares, sed nomen, quoniam, sive praenomen eius sive nomen dixisses sive cognomen, idem tamen ille esset. (Seneca, De Beneficiis, Liber IV 35:1)

  (세네카, 행복론, 35:1)

• Redderes enim et depositum, quod a sapiente accepisses, etiam malo, redderes creditum. (Seneca, De Beneficiis, Liber VII 88:2)

  (세네카, 행복론, 88:2)

유의어 사전

1. Sumere (sub-imere) means to take up any thing, in order to use it, like αἱρεῖν; capere (from κάπτειν) to lay hold on any thing, in order to possess it, like λαβεῖν; lastly prehendere, præhendere (from χανδάνειν) to lay hold on any thing, in order, in a mere physical sense, to have it in one’s hand. Cic. Phil. xii. 7. Saga sumpsimus, arma cepimus. 2. Accipere means to take any thing offered, with willingness, δέχεσθαι; excipere, to intercept, or catch any thing that is escaping, ὑποδέχεσθαι; recipere, to take any thing that wants protection, with a generous feeling; suscipere, to undertake, or take upon one’s self any thing burdensome, with self-denial. The accipiens usually takes in his hand; the excipiens, in his arms; the recipiens, in his bosom; the suscipiens, on his arm or back. 3. Recipere means to receive again, without taking pains; whereas recuperare, to regain by one’s own exertion. Liv. xiii. 53, urbem recipit, by merely taking possession; comp. with xxvi. 39, urbe recuperata, by conquest. (iv. 131.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein