rĕcĭpĕrātor (rĕcŭp-), ōris, m. [recipero], a regainer, recoverer.
- I. In gen.: urbis, a recapturer, Tac. A. 2, 52: diviti decepto multi recuperatores, helpers, Vulg. Ecclus. 13, 26.
- II. In partic., jurid. t. t., recuperatores, a board consisting of three or five members, originally only for processes between Romans and peregrini, but afterwards for summary trial in other causes, esp. concerning property and de statu (cf.: arbiter, judex; freq. and class.), Fest. p. 228 Müll.; cf. Gai. Inst. 4, 46; 109; 185: postquam praetor reciperatores dedit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 36; id. Rud. 5, 1, 2; Cic. Caecin. 1 sq.; id. Tull. 1 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28 sq.; 2, 3, 58, § 135 sqq.; id. Fl. 20, 47; 21, 49; Liv. 26, 48; 43, 2; Suet. Ner. 17; id. Dom. 8; Gell. 20, 1, 13 al.; Tac. A. 2, 52; id. H. 1, 74.