excerpo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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.