excipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere ex + capio. 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. 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.