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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.

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