verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation
excipiō
excipiō (present infinitive excipere, perfect active excēpī, supine exceptum)
Classical[ɛksˈkɪ.pi.oː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]
№ 394 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to take out, extract, pull out
- to except, exempt from, exclude
- to rescue, release
- to receive, capture
quos in pabulatione paucis ante diebus exceperat
whom he had captured on a foraging some days beforec. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.20 - to follow after, succeed a thing in time or the order of succession
Romulus excipiet gentem, et Mavortia condetmoenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet.
Romulus will take the leadership, build walls of Mars, and call by his own name his people Romans.Vergil, Aeneid 1.276 - figuratively(of conversation or dialogue) to answer, reply, take up the discussion in succession
[...] Tum sīc excēpit rēgia Iūnō: [...].
… Then, thus replied Queen Juno: ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.114 - to host, accommodate, welcome
aliquem hospitio (or domo) excipere (or recipere, or accipere)
to welcome someone as guest - to suffer, endure
- figurativelyto understand (in the sense of taking in or receiving knowledge/meaning)
Id a proximis aliter exceptum...
This was misunderstood by his attendants...
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
capiō id quod venit vel cadit; vir puerum salientem excipit.excipiō -ere -cēpī — in Mille Verba, Thermae
ex occultō capiōexcipiō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15
nē iuvenēs quidem captīcatch; receive; except
excipiō -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 10
recipiō, hospitiō accipiōexcipiō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 8
cadēns capiōexcipiō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 15
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Sumere · Capere · Prehendere · Accipere · Excipere · Recipere · Suscipere · Recuperare
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.)
Conjugation
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excipiō | excipiēbam | excipiam | excēpī | excēperam | excēperō |
| 2nd sg. | excipis | excipiēbās | excipiēs | excēpistī | excēperās | excēperis |
| 3rd sg. | excipit | excipiēbat | excipiet | excēpit | excēperat | excēperit |
| 1st pl. | excipimus | excipiēbāmus | excipiēmus | excēpimus | excēperāmus | excēperimus |
| 2nd pl. | excipitis | excipiēbātis | excipiētis | excēpistis | excēperātis | excēperitis |
| 3rd pl. | excipiunt | excipiēbant | excipient | excēpērunt excēpēre | excēperant | excēperint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excipiam | exciperem | excēperim | excēpissem |
| 2nd sg. | excipiās | exciperēs | excēperīs | excēpissēs |
| 3rd sg. | excipiat | exciperet | excēperit | excēpisset |
| 1st pl. | excipiāmus | exciperēmus | excēperīmus | excēpissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | excipiātis | exciperētis | excēperītis | excēpissētis |
| 3rd pl. | excipiant | exciperent | excēperint | excēpissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excipior | excipiēbar | excipiar |
| 2nd sg. | exciperis excipere | excipiēbāris excipiēbāre | excipiēris excipiēre |
| 3rd sg. | excipitur | excipiēbātur | excipiētur |
| 1st pl. | excipimur | excipiēbāmur | excipiēmur |
| 2nd pl. | excipiminī | excipiēbāminī | excipiēminī |
| 3rd pl. | excipiuntur | excipiēbantur | excipientur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | excipiar | exciperer |
| 2nd sg. | excipiāris excipiāre | exciperēris exciperēre |
| 3rd sg. | excipiātur | exciperētur |
| 1st pl. | excipiāmur | exciperēmur |
| 2nd pl. | excipiāminī | exciperēminī |
| 3rd pl. | excipiantur | exciperentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | excipe | excipere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | excipite | excipiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | excipitō | excipitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | excipitō | excipitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | excipitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | excipiuntō | excipiuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | excipere | excipī |
| perfect infinitive | excēpisse | exceptum esse |
| future infinitive | exceptūrum esse | exceptum īrī |
| present participle | excipiēns excipiente, excipientem, excipientēs, excipientī, excipientia, excipientibus, excipientis, excipientīs, excipientium | — |
| perfect participle | — | exceptus excepta, exceptā, exceptae, exceptam, exceptārum, exceptās, excepte, exceptī, exceptīs, exceptō, exceptōrum, exceptōs |
| future participle | exceptūrus exceptūra, exceptūrā, exceptūrae, exceptūram, exceptūrārum, exceptūrās, exceptūre, exceptūrī, exceptūrīs, exceptūrō, exceptūrōrum, exceptūrōs, exceptūrum | excipiendus excipiundus |
gerundexcipiendī, excipiendō, excipiendumsupineexceptum, exceptū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- excipere aliquem fugientem
- to cut off some one's flight.
- impetum excipere (Liv. 6. 12)
- to parry the attack.
- ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
- the connection of thought.
- vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded.
- hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
- to welcome a man as a guest in one's house.
ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. capio.
I. (With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.
A. Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):
vidulum (e mari), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.: dens manu, forcipe, Cels. 7, 12, 1: telum (e vulnere), id. 7, 5, 1: clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti, to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—B. Trop.
1. In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:
nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum, exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—2. In partic.
a. To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15: qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur, id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28: Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt, id. Rep. 4, 4: senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne: Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21; so in legal limitations, id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26: excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem, id. Div. 1, 39, 87: ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37: dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc., Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.: omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios, you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.: vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis, id. Lael. 27 fin.: exceptā sapientiā, id. ib. 6, 20. —Neutr. absol.: excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50: excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur, Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence, (b). Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:
verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur, Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18: adversus aliquem, ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.— b. In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):
cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.II. (With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.
A. Lit.
1. In gen.:
sanguinem paterā, Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9: e longinquo sucum, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78: labentem excepit, Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4: filiorum extremum spiritum ore, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.: tunicis fluentibus auras, Ov. A. A. 3, 301: omnium tela, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so, tela, Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 3: vulnera, Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.: vulnus ore, Quint. 6, 3, 75; and: plagae genus in se, Lucr. 2, 810: o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit! Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23: aliquem benigno vultu, Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf. also: hic te polenta excipiet, Sen. Ep. 21 med.: aliquem epulis, Tac. G. 21: multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: servos in pabulatione, Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9: incautum, Verg. A. 3, 332: (uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4: aprum latitantem, Hor. C. 3, 12, 10: caprum insidiis, Verg. E. 3, 18: fugientes feras, Phaedr. 1, 11, 6: aprum, feram venabulo, Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—b. Of inanimate subjects:
postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit, received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8: silva tum excepit ferum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —2. In partic.
a. To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:
linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris; inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa, Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.: alios alii deinceps, id. B. G. 5, 16 fin.—Poet.: porticus excipiebat Arcton, i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—b. In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:
quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto, Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—B. Trop.
1. In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:
genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.: posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod, i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.: Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so, impetus, id. B. C. 1, 58, 1: vim frigorum hiememque, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42: labores magnos, id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.: excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine, receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15: verba risu, id. 1, 2, 7: praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates, for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32: invidiam, to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—b. Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1: quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent, i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—2. In partic.
a. To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:
maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur, Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102: assensu populi excepta vox consulis, Liv. 8, 6, 7: ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus, id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3: laudem avidissimis auribus excipit, Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3: notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum, i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3: rumores, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. voces, Liv. 40, 7, 4: sermonem eorum, id. 2, 4, 5: furtivas notas, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—b. To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):
tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit, Liv. 5, 13, 4: Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur, Cic. Sest. 68, 143: violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius, Flor. 1, 3, 1: hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit, Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.—Absol.: turbulentior inde annus excepit, succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2: re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc., id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence, (b). Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:
memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes, Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3: vices alicujus, Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
excipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere
ex + capio.
I. I. To take out, withdraw : alqm e mari: clipeum sorti, V. —Fig., to rescue, release, exempt : servitute exceptus, L.: nihil libidini exceptum, Ta. — To except, make an exception, stipulate, reserve : hosce homines: mentem, cum venderet (servom), H.: de antiquis neminem: cum nominatim lex exciperet, ut liceret, etc.: lex cognatos excipit, ne eis ea potestas mandetur: foedere esse exceptum, quo minus praemia tribuerentur: omnium, exceptis vobis duobus, eloquentissimi: Excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus, H. —
II. II. To take up, catch, receive, capture, take : sanguinem paterā: se in pedes, i. e. spring to the ground , L.: filiorum postremum spiritum ore: tela missa, i. e. ward off (with shields), Cs.: (terra) virum exceperit: ambo benigno voltu, L.: reduces, welcome , V.: aliquem epulis, Ta.: equitem conlatis signis, meet , V.: succiso poplite Gygen, wound , V.: speculator exceptus a iuvenibus mulcatur, L.: servos in pabulatione, Cs.: incautum, V.: aprum latitantem, H.: aves, Cu.: exceptus tergo (equi), seated , V.: Sucronem in latus, takes , i. e. stabs , V.—Of places: Priaticus campus eos excepit, they reached , L. — To come next to, follow, succeed : linguam excipit stomachus: alios alii deinceps, Cs.: porticus excipiebat Arcton, looked out towards , H.—Fig., to take up, catch, intercept, obtain, be exposed to, receive, incur, meet : genus divinationis, quod animus excipit ex divinitate: impetūs gladiorum, Cs.: vim frigorum: fatum, Ta.: praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates, for taking captive : invidiam, N.— To receive, welcome : excipi clamore: alqm festis vocibus, Ta.: plausu pavidos, V.—Of events, to befall, overtake, meet : qui quosque eventūs exciperent, Cs.: quis te casus Excipit, V.: excipit eum lentius spe bellum, L.— To catch up, take up eagerly, listen to, overhear : maledicto nihil citius excipitur: sermonem eorum ex servis, L.: rumores: hunc (clamorem), Cs.: alqd comiter, Ta.: adsensu populi excepta vox, L.— To follow, succeed : tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit, L.: Herculis vitam immortalitas excepisse dicitur: hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit, Cs.: Iuppiter excepit, replied , O.— To succeed to, renew, take up : memoriam illius viri excipient anni consequentes: ut integri pugnam excipient, L.: gentem, V.
Origins
From ex- + capiō.
Descendants
- Englishexcept
- Italianeccepire
- Spanishexceptuar
- Albanianshqipoj
- Albanianshqip
- Sicilianaccipiri
In English words that came into English from excipiō
- exceptexceptus
- exceptionexceptiō
- excipientexcipiēns