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excerpo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ carpere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to choose, select (pick out)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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)