excipio

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ capiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈki.pi.oː/, [ɛks̠ˈkɪpioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [eksˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

excipiō (present infinitive excipere, perfect active excēpī, supine exceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

to take out, extract, pull out
to except, exempt from, exclude
to rescue, release
to receive, capture
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.20:
  quos in pabulatione paucis ante diebus exceperat
  whom he had captured on a foraging some days before
to follow after, succeed a thing in time or the order of succession
Synonym: īnsequor
- Vergil, Aeneid 1.276:
  Romulus excipiet gentem, et Mavortia condet
  moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet.
  Romulus will take the leadership, build walls of Mars,
  and call by his own name his people Romans.
(figuratively) (of conversation or dialogue) to answer, reply, take up the discussion in succession
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.114:
  [...] Tum sīc excēpit rēgia Iūnō: [...].
  [...] Then, thus replied Queen Juno: [...].
to host, accommodate, welcome
aliquem hospitio (or domo) excipere (or recipere, or accipere) ― to welcome someone as guest
to suffer, endure
(figurative) to understand (in the sense of taking in or receiving knowledge/meaning)
Id a proximis aliter exceptum... ― This was misunderstood by his attendants...

Conjugation

Conjugation of excipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excipiō	excipis	excipit	excipimus	excipitis	excipiunt
	imperfect	excipiēbam	excipiēbās	excipiēbat	excipiēbāmus	excipiēbātis	excipiēbant
	future	excipiam	excipiēs	excipiet	excipiēmus	excipiētis	excipient
	perfect	excēpī	excēpistī	excēpit	excēpimus	excēpistis	excēpērunt, excēpēre
	pluperfect	excēperam	excēperās	excēperat	excēperāmus	excēperātis	excēperant
	future perfect	excēperō	excēperis	excēperit	excēperimus	excēperitis	excēperint
passive	present	excipior	exciperis, excipere	excipitur	excipimur	excipiminī	excipiuntur
	imperfect	excipiēbar	excipiēbāris, excipiēbāre	excipiēbātur	excipiēbāmur	excipiēbāminī	excipiēbantur
	future	excipiar	excipiēris, excipiēre	excipiētur	excipiēmur	excipiēminī	excipientur
	perfect	exceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excipiam	excipiās	excipiat	excipiāmus	excipiātis	excipiant
	imperfect	exciperem	exciperēs	exciperet	exciperēmus	exciperētis	exciperent
	perfect	excēperim	excēperīs	excēperit	excēperīmus	excēperītis	excēperint
	pluperfect	excēpissem	excēpissēs	excēpisset	excēpissēmus	excēpissētis	excēpissent
passive	present	excipiar	excipiāris, excipiāre	excipiātur	excipiāmur	excipiāminī	excipiantur
	imperfect	exciperer	exciperēris, exciperēre	exciperētur	exciperēmur	exciperēminī	exciperentur
	perfect	exceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	excipe	—	—	excipite	—
active	future	—	excipitō	excipitō	—	excipitōte	excipiuntō
passive	present	—	excipere	—	—	excipiminī	—
passive	future	—	excipitor	excipitor	—	—	excipiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		excipere	excēpisse	exceptūrum esse	excipī	exceptum esse	exceptum īrī
participles		excipiēns	—	exceptūrus	—	exceptus	excipiendus, excipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		excipiendī	excipiendō	excipiendum	excipiendō	exceptum	exceptū

Synonyms

(except): exclūdō, eximō
(extract): extrahō, ēiciō, exciō, exuō, ēdūcō
(suffer): sustineo, patio, perpetior, subeo, suffero, sino, admitto
(understand): comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, exaudiō, cōnsequor
(capture): comprehendo, capio, obsideo, retineo, teneo
(follow, succeed): subeō, succēdō, sequor
(release): līberō, eximō, exuō, exonerō, absolvō, prīvō, persolvō, ēmittō, extrahō
(rescue): adimō, vindicō, servō, ēripiō
(extract): extrahō, eximō, ēvehō, legō

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “extract”): īnsertō, īnserō, intrōferō
(antonym(s) of “release”): refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō
(antonym(s) of “understand”): ignōrō, nesciō

Descendants

>? Albanian: shqipoj, shqip
English: except
Italian: eccepire
Sicilian: accipiri
Spanish: exceptuar

References

“excipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“excipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
excipio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
excipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
- to welcome a man as a guest in one's house: hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
- to parry the attack: impetum excipere (Liv. 6. 12)
- to cut off some one's flight: excipere aliquem fugientem
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere