verbthird conjugation
excerpō
excerpō (present infinitive excerpere, perfect active excerpsī, supine excerptum)
Classical[ɛksˈkɛr.poː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈt͡ʃɛr.po]
excerptum acc. supine
Meaning
- to choose, select (pick out)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locōs ēligō exscrībōqueexcerpō -ere — in Epistulae, ch. 17
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excerpō | excerpēbam | excerpam | excerpsī | excerpseram | excerpserō |
| 2nd sg. | excerpis | excerpēbās | excerpēs | excerpsistī | excerpserās | excerpseris |
| 3rd sg. | excerpit | excerpēbat | excerpet | excerpsit | excerpserat | excerpserit |
| 1st pl. | excerpimus | excerpēbāmus | excerpēmus | excerpsimus | excerpserāmus | excerpserimus |
| 2nd pl. | excerpitis | excerpēbātis | excerpētis | excerpsistis | excerpserātis | excerpseritis |
| 3rd pl. | excerpunt | excerpēbant | excerpent | excerpsērunt excerpsēre | excerpserant | excerpserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excerpam | excerperem | excerpserim | excerpsissem |
| 2nd sg. | excerpās | excerperēs | excerpserīs | excerpsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | excerpat | excerperet | excerpserit | excerpsisset |
| 1st pl. | excerpāmus | excerperēmus | excerpserīmus | excerpsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | excerpātis | excerperētis | excerpserītis | excerpsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | excerpant | excerperent | excerpserint | excerpsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excerpor | excerpēbar | excerpar |
| 2nd sg. | excerperis excerpere | excerpēbāris excerpēbāre | excerpēris excerpēre |
| 3rd sg. | excerpitur | excerpēbātur | excerpētur |
| 1st pl. | excerpimur | excerpēbāmur | excerpēmur |
| 2nd pl. | excerpiminī | excerpēbāminī | excerpēminī |
| 3rd pl. | excerpuntur | excerpēbantur | excerpentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excerpar | excerperer |
| 2nd sg. | excerpāris excerpāre | excerperēris excerperēre |
| 3rd sg. | excerpātur | excerperētur |
| 1st pl. | excerpāmur | excerperēmur |
| 2nd pl. | excerpāminī | excerperēminī |
| 3rd pl. | excerpantur | excerperentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | excerpe | excerpere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | excerpite | excerpiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | excerpitō | excerpitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | excerpitō | excerpitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | excerpitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | excerpuntō | excerpuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | excerpere | excerpī |
| perfect infinitive | excerpsisse | excerptum esse |
| future infinitive | excerptūrum esse | excerptum īrī |
| present participle | excerpēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | excerptus excerpta, excerptā, excerptae, excerptam, excerptārum, excerptās, excerpte, excerptī, excerptīs, excerptō, excerptōrum, excerptōs |
| future participle | excerptūrus excerptūra, excerptūrā, excerptūrae, excerptūram, excerptūrārum, excerptūrās, excerptūre, excerptūrī, excerptūrīs, excerptūrō, excerptūrōrum, excerptūrōs, excerptūrum | excerpendus excerpundus, excerpenda, excerpendā, excerpendae, excerpendam, excerpendārum, excerpendās, excerpende, excerpendīs, excerpendōrum, excerpendōs |
gerundexcerpendī, excerpendō, excerpendumsupineexcerptum, excerptū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
- to make extracts from Cicero's writings.
ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. carpo,
I. to pick or take out. *
II. Trop. (class.).
A. To pick out, choose, select, gather:
non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni, Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3: quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus, made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86: nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13: ex libris qui chronici appellantur ... easque excerptiones digerere, Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.: paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est, to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing: ex Gorgiā Platonis, Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.—Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—B. To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit:
non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.: me illorum excerpam numero, Hor. S. 1, 4, 40: tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—C. To withdraw one's self:
se consuetudini hominum, Sen. Ep. 5: se vulgo, id. Brev. Vit. 18; and simply se, id. Ep. 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
excerpō psī, ptus, ere
ex + carpo, to pick out, extract : semina pomis, H.—Fig., to pick out, choose, select, gather : ex ipsis (malis), si quid inesset boni: nomina ex tabulis, L.— To take out, leave out, except, omit : eo de numero: me illorum numero, H.: id, quod bonist, T.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinexcerpō
Latin ex- Latin carpere Latin excerpō From ex- + carpere.
Italo-Romance
- Italianscerpere
- Italianscerpare
- Sicilianscirbari
Borrowings
- Englishexcerp
- Italianeccerpire
Gallo-Romance
- Languedocienicharpa
- Vivaro-Alpineescirpa
In English words that came into English from excerpō
- excerptexcerptus