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excepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excipio], 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.
exceptor, ōris, m. [excipio], one who catches up any thing said, i. e. who writes it down, an amanuensis, short-hand writer, scribe (post-Aug.).
exceptōrĭus, a, um, adj. [excipio], serviceable for receiving (post-Aug.): quali, Dig. 33, 7, 8; cf. subst.: exceptorium excipulum, conceptaculum, ἐκδοχεῖον, Gloss.
Subst.: exceptōrium, i, n., a receptacle, reservoir; plur., Vulg. Sir. 39, 22.