excerpta

American  

[ik-surp-tuh] / ɪkˈsɜrp tə /

plural noun

1. short selections or pieces of writing, especially summary statements or parts of a longer work.

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Etymology

Origin of excerpta

1630–40; < Latin, noun use of neuter plural past participle of excerpere. See excerpt

Example Sentences

We might add here that Schuch’s edition of Apicius, apart from the unwarranted inclusion of the excerpta of Vinidarius is the least reliable of all editions.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

To be sure, the excerpta are Apician enough in character, though only a few correspond to, or are actual duplicates of, the Apician precepts.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

I am glad to see that the professor has modified, in this article, the expression of his former opinion that the excerpta called the Curetonian recension is to be regarded as the only genuine one.

From The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by Sadler, Michael Ferrebee