inopinus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

inopīnus (feminine inopīna, neuter inopīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unexpected
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid V.857:
      Vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus...
      Scarcely had the unexpected rest first relaxed his limbs...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • inopinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inopinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inopinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.