except (v.) Copy link • except (v.): excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: (Aristotle) far excelling all (I always e. Plato), longe omnibus (Platonem semper excipio) praestans, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22: very often in p. part.: v. excepting. Join: excipere et secernere, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.