LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

inopīnāns

inopīnāns (genitive inopīnantis)
Classical[ɪ.nɔˈpiː.nãːs]Ecclesiastical[i.noˈpiː.nans]

Meaning

  1. one terminationunaware
  2. one terminationunexpected
  3. one terminationnot expecting

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnānsinopīnānsinopīnāns
genitiveinopīnantisinopīnantisinopīnantis
dativeinopīnantīinopīnantīinopīnantī
accusativeinopīnanteminopīnanteminopīnāns
ablativeinopīnantī
inopīnante		inopīnantī
inopīnante		inopīnantī
inopīnante
vocativeinopīnānsinopīnānsinopīnāns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnantēsinopīnantēsinopīnantia
genitiveinopīnantiuminopīnantiuminopīnantium
dativeinopīnantibusinopīnantibusinopīnantibus
accusativeinopīnantīs
inopīnantēs		inopīnantīs
inopīnantēs		inopīnantia
ablativeinopīnantibusinopīnantibusinopīnantibus
vocativeinopīnantēsinopīnantēsinopīnantia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)
to surprise and defeat the enemy.

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.

Quick answers

What does inopīnāns mean in Latin?
inopīnāns, a adjective, means “unaware; unexpected; not expecting”.
How do you pronounce inopīnāns?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nɔˈpiː.nãːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.noˈpiː.nans].