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ĭn-ŏpīnans , antis, adj.,
I.not expecting, unaware (freq. in the historians; “not in Cic.): inscios inopinantesque Menapios oppresserunt,” Caes. B. G. 4, 4: “impeditos et inopinantes aggressus,” id. ib. 1, 12: “imprudente atque inopinante Curione,” id. B. C. 2, 3: “rex in potestatem inopinanti (ei) venerat,” Nep. Dat. 3, 4: “suis inopinantibus,” Liv. 27, 48, 14.— Hence, adv.: ĭnŏpīnanter , unexpectedly, Suet. Tib. 60.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.4
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.3
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 60
    • Cornelius Nepos, Datames, 3.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 48.14
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