exceptio

Latin

Etymology

From excipiō (“take out, withdraw; make an exception, except”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eksˈkep.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

exceptiō f (genitive exceptiōnis); third declension

1. (law) An exception or objection in law.
   • 1659, “Vel denique introduceretur nova lege exceptio aut liberatio quaedam; E nam et tunc in praeteritis quoquo negotiis, quorum obligatio hactenus duravit, habere locum, aequum est; non ad id, ut in praeteritum, sed ut in futurum obligatio exceptione recenter inducta resolvatur”, in Novella decis. Ultrajectina 14 Aprilis 1659 art. 21, Paulus Voet de statutis sect. 8 cap. 1 numero 3 except. 6 pag. 292.:
2. (by extension) An exception, restriction, limitation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exceptiō	exceptiōnēs
Genitive	exceptiōnis	exceptiōnum
Dative	exceptiōnī	exceptiōnibus
Accusative	exceptiōnem	exceptiōnēs
Ablative	exceptiōne	exceptiōnibus
Vocative	exceptiō	exceptiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: excepció
• English: exception
• French: exception
• Italian: eccezione
• Maltese: eċċezzjoni
• → Old French: excepcion
  • Anglo-Norman: excepcioun
    • → Dutch: exceptie
• Portuguese: excepção, exceção
• Romanian: excepție
• Sicilian: accizziuni
• Spanish: excepción

References

• “exceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exceptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• exceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “exceptio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “exceptio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin