LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

inopīnus

inopīnus (feminine inopīna, neuter inopīnum)
Classical[ɪ.nɔˈpiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.noˈpiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunexpected
    Vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus...Scarcely had the unexpected rest first relaxed his limbs...29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis V.857

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnusinopīnainopīnum
genitiveinopīnīinopīnaeinopīnī
dativeinopīnōinopīnaeinopīnō
accusativeinopīnuminopīnaminopīnum
ablativeinopīnōinopīnāinopīnō
vocativeinopīneinopīnainopīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinopīnīinopīnaeinopīna
genitiveinopīnōruminopīnāruminopīnōrum
dativeinopīnīsinopīnīsinopīnīs
accusativeinopīnōsinopīnāsinopīna
ablativeinopīnīsinopīnīsinopīnīs
vocativeinopīnīinopīnaeinopīna

ĭn-ŏpīnus, a, um, adj.,
I. unexpected (poet. and in post-Aug. prose = in-opinatus, insperatus): quies, Verg. A. 5, 857: nova inopinave facies laborum, id. ib. 6, 104: fors, id. ib. 8, 476: visus, Ov. M. 4, 232: siccitas, Plin. Pan. 30, 2; Tac. A. 1, 68.

Origins

From in- + *opīnus, see opīnor.

Quick answers

What does inopīnus mean in Latin?
inopīnus, a adjective, means “unexpected”.
How do you pronounce inopīnus?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nɔˈpiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.noˈpiː.nus].