susceptrix

susceptrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu susceptor), die Aufnehmerin, zur Aufnahme befähigt, Boëth. ad Arist. περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2, 238.

susceptrix [LL] 1 recipient. b (pred. or as adj. f.) that receives, receptive. creator ‥ sanctitatis largitor est, ista [sc. creatura] ~ix Bede Sam. 509D.  b natura ‥ corporis ‥ majoris et minoris et eorum medii ~ix Adel. ED 15; matrix est cista seminis ~ix Quaest. Salern. B 12. 2 godmother. 1008 nunquam ‥ fiat ut Christianus uxorem ducat ‥ ~icem [AS: gefæderan] suam Conc. I 288.