Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ex- +‎ carpere.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

excerpō (present infinitive excerpere, perfect active excerpsī, supine excerptum); third conjugation

  1. to choose, select (pick out)

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of excerpō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excerpō excerpis excerpit excerpimus excerpitis excerpunt
imperfect excerpēbam excerpēbās excerpēbat excerpēbāmus excerpēbātis excerpēbant
future excerpam excerpēs excerpet excerpēmus excerpētis excerpent
perfect excerpsī excerpsistī excerpsit excerpsimus excerpsistis excerpsērunt,
excerpsēre
pluperfect excerpseram excerpserās excerpserat excerpserāmus excerpserātis excerpserant
future perfect excerpserō excerpseris excerpserit excerpserimus excerpseritis excerpserint
passive present excerpor excerperis,
excerpere
excerpitur excerpimur excerpiminī excerpuntur
imperfect excerpēbar excerpēbāris,
excerpēbāre
excerpēbātur excerpēbāmur excerpēbāminī excerpēbantur
future excerpar excerpēris,
excerpēre
excerpētur excerpēmur excerpēminī excerpentur
perfect excerptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect excerptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect excerptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excerpam excerpās excerpat excerpāmus excerpātis excerpant
imperfect excerperem excerperēs excerperet excerperēmus excerperētis excerperent
perfect excerpserim excerpserīs excerpserit excerpserīmus excerpserītis excerpserint
pluperfect excerpsissem excerpsissēs excerpsisset excerpsissēmus excerpsissētis excerpsissent
passive present excerpar excerpāris,
excerpāre
excerpātur excerpāmur excerpāminī excerpantur
imperfect excerperer excerperēris,
excerperēre
excerperētur excerperēmur excerperēminī excerperentur
perfect excerptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect excerptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excerpe excerpite
future excerpitō excerpitō excerpitōte excerpuntō
passive present excerpere excerpiminī
future excerpitor excerpitor excerpuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives excerpere excerpsisse excerptūrum esse excerpī excerptum esse excerptum īrī
participles excerpēns excerptūrus excerptus excerpendus,
excerpundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excerpendī excerpendō excerpendum excerpendō excerptum excerptū

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • excerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excerpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)