verb frequentative transitive

excepto

2nd PP exceptāre · 3rd PP exceptāvi · 4th PP exceptātum · conj. 1st

to take out; to take up; catch poetic

to take out, to take up, catch (very rare): barbatulos nullos exceptans de piscina, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; so, aliquem, * Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.: (equae) exceptant leves auras, catch up., i. e. snuff up, * Verg. G. 3, 274; cf. poet.: per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes, * Sil. 9, 369.

Perseus ID: n16657 Key: excepto