excerpo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ carpere.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈker.poː/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛrpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃer.po/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛrpo]

Verb

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

1. to choose, select (pick out)

Conjugation

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

• excerptiō

References

• “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)