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|lshtext=<b>ex-cerpo</b>: psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [[carpo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[pick]] or [[take]] [[out]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: semina pomis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[pick]] [[out]], [[choose]], [[select]], [[gather]]: non [[solum]] ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed [[etiam]] excerpere ex ipsis, si [[quid]] inesset boni, Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3: [[quod]] [[quisque]] (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus, made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86: [[nihil]] [[umquam]] legit, [[quod]] non excerperet, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13: ex libris qui chronici appellantur ... easque excerptiones digerere, Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.: paucos [[enim]], qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in [[animo]] est, to [[single]] [[out]], [[make]] [[prominent]], Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an [[extract]], [[selection]], excerpt from a [[book]] or [[writing]]: ex Gorgiā Platonis, Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.—Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[take]] [[out]], [[strike]] or [[leave]] [[out]], [[except]], [[omit]]: non [[enim]], si est facilius, eo de [[numero]] [[quoque]] est excerpendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.: me illorum excerpam [[numero]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 40: tu id, [[quod]] boni est, excerpis: [[dicis]], [[quod]] mali est, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[withdraw]] one's [[self]]: se consuetudini hominum, Sen. Ep. 5: se [[vulgo]], id. Brev. Vit. 18; and [[simply]] se, id. Ep. 18.

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|georg=ex-cerpo, cerpsī, cerptum, ere (ex u. [[carpo]]), I) eig., klaubend [[herausheben]], herausklauben, semina pomis, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 3, 272: testas (ostreorum) et [[ossa]], Sen. ep. 95, 27. – II) übtr.: A) [[herausnehmen]], -[[heben]], d.i. 1) = [[auslesen]], [[auswählen]], [[bes]]. [[auch]] [[schriftlich]] [[sich]] [[ausziehen]], [[einen]] [[Auszug]] [[machen]], excerpere ex his ipsis ([[malis]]), si [[quid]] inesset [[boni]], Cic. – vom Exzerpieren, exc. [[quod]] [[quisque]] commodissime praecipere videbatur, Cic.: exc. nomina omnium ex iuniorum tabulis (aus den Listen), Liv.: exc. epistulam istam malā [[fide]], Apul.: [[posco]] [[librum]] T. Livii et [[quasi]] per [[otium]] [[lego]] [[atque]] [[etiam]], ut coeperam, [[excerpo]], Plin. ep.: [[nihil]] legit, [[quod]] [[non]] excerperet, Plin. ep.: pauca ex Gorgia Platonis a prioribus [[imperite]] excerpta legere contenti, Quint.: ea (verba) [[Crispus]] [[Sallustius]] excerpsit ex Originibus Catonis, Suet.: [[memini]] me excerpsisse ex Ciceronis epistulis ea [[dumtaxat]], quibus inesset [[aliqua]] de [[eloquentia]] [[vel]] [[philosophia]] [[disputatio]], [[Fronto]]. – subst., [[excerptum]], ī, n., der [[Auszug]], das Exzerpt, Coelianum, M. Aurel. [[bei]] [[Fronto]] ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9 (= ep. Graec. 6. p. 253 N.): Plur., Sen. ep. 33, 3 M. [[Fronto]] ep. ad Anton. imp. 2, 5. – 2) [[als]] [[vorzüglich]] [[heraus]]-, [[hervorheben]], paucos, Quint. 10, 1, 45. Tac. dial. 26. – 3) prägn., [[ausrotten]], omnem nobilitatis indolem (jungen [[Adel]]), Val. Max. 7, 3, 2. – B) [[ausscheiden]], [[absondern]], [[streichen]], de [[numero]], Cic.: se [[numero]] illorum, Hor.: se consuetudini hominum, [[sich]] [[entziehen]], Sen.: so [[auch]] se [[vulgo]], u. bl. se, [[sich]] vom Volke [[absondern]], Sen.

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