LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

inopīnātus

inopīnātus (feminine inopīnāta, neuter inopīnātum)
Classical[ɪ.nɔ.piːˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.no.piˈnaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunexpected, unsupposed

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnātusinopīnātainopīnātum
genitiveinopīnātīinopīnātaeinopīnātī
dativeinopīnātōinopīnātaeinopīnātō
accusativeinopīnātuminopīnātaminopīnātum
ablativeinopīnātōinopīnātāinopīnātō
vocativeinopīnāteinopīnātainopīnātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnātīinopīnātaeinopīnāta
genitiveinopīnātōruminopīnātāruminopīnātōrum
dativeinopīnātīsinopīnātīsinopīnātīs
accusativeinopīnātōsinopīnātāsinopīnāta
ablativeinopīnātīsinopīnātīsinopīnātīs
vocativeinopīnātīinopīnātaeinopīnāta

ĭn-ŏpīnātus, a, um,
I. not expected, unexpected (class.).
I. Adj.: cum hoc illi improvisum atque inopinatum accidisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69: nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata? id. ib. 2, 2, 8, § 24: neque novum neque inopinatum mihi sit, Liv. 6, 40, 3: nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile, Cic. Par. 5, 1, § 35: malum, Caes. B. C. 2, 12: finis vitae, Suet. Caes. 87: fraus, Sil. 7, 133: id quoque scriptum est, quod volgo inopinatum est, contrary to the common belief, Gell. 11, 18, 13.—Sup.: inopinatissim us sensus, Aug. Trin. 7, 1.—
II. Subst.: ĭnŏpīnātum, i, n., something unexpected: nihil inopinati accidit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76.—Hence, ex inopinato, adverbially, unexpectedly: aliae ut ex inopinato observant, id. N. D. 2, 48, 123: repente ex inopinato prope cuncta turbata sunt, Suet. Galb. 10.—Adv. in two forms.
1. ĭnŏpīnātē, unexpectedly: aliquem inopinate occupare, Sen. ad Helv. 5.—
2. ĭnŏpīnātō, unexpectedly: in castra irrumpere, Liv. 26, 6, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininopīnātus

Latin opīnātus Latin inopīnātus From in- + opīnātus.

Descendants
  • Catalaninopinat
  • Frenchinopiné
  • Italianinopinato
  • Occitaninopinat
  • Portugueseinopinado
  • Spanishinopinado
  • Galicianinopinado

In English words that came into English from inopīnātus

  • inopinateinopīnātus

Quick answers

What does inopīnātus mean in Latin?
inopīnātus, a adjective, means “unexpected, unsupposed”.
How do you pronounce inopīnātus?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nɔ.piːˈnaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.no.piˈnaː.tus].
Where does inopīnātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inopīnātus.