inopinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.noˈpiː.nus/, [ɪnɔˈpiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.noˈpi.nus/, [inoˈpiːnus]

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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	inopīnus	inopīna	inopīnum		inopīnī	inopīnae	inopīna
genitive	inopīnī	inopīnae	inopīnī		inopīnōrum	inopīnārum	inopīnōrum
dative	inopīnō	inopīnae	inopīnō		inopīnīs
accusative	inopīnum	inopīnam	inopīnum		inopīnōs	inopīnās	inopīna
ablative	inopīnō	inopīnā	inopīnō		inopīnīs
vocative	inopīne	inopīna	inopīnum		inopīnī	inopīnae	inopīna

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.