inopinans

inopinans

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.noˈpiː.nans/, [ɪnɔˈpiːnä̃ːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.noˈpi.nans/, [inoˈpiːnäns]

Adjective

inopīnāns (genitive inopīnantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. unaware
2. unexpected
3. not expecting

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	inopīnāns			inopīnantēs	inopīnantia
Genitive	inopīnantis			inopīnantium
Dative	inopīnantī			inopīnantibus
Accusative	inopīnantem	inopīnāns		inopīnantēs	inopīnantia
Ablative	inopīnantī			inopīnantibus
Vocative	inopīnāns			inopīnantēs	inopīnantia

References

• “inopinans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inopinans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inopinans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to surprise and defeat the enemy: opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)