excerpō psī, ptus, ere ex + carpo, to pick out, extract: semina pomis, H.

—Fig., to pick out, choose, select, gather: ex ipsis (malis), si quid inesset boni: nomina ex tabulis, L.

—To take out, leave out, except, omit: eo de numero: me illorum numero, H.: id, quod bonist, T.