inopinus
ἔκστασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν → what is contrary to nature is any developmental aberration from what is in accord with nature (Aristotle, On the Heavens 286a19)
Latin > English
inopinus inopina, inopinum ADJ :: unexpected
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnŏpīnus,¹³ a, um, c. inopinatus : Virg. En. 5, 857 ; 6, 104 ; 8, 476 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 30, 2 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 68.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-opīnus, a, um (in u. opinus [v. opinor], wie necopinus v. nec u. opinus), unvermutet, visus, Ov.: quies, Verg.: siccitas, Plin. pan.: hosti sonus tubarum, fulgor armorum, quanto inopina, tanto maiora offunduntur, Tac. – v. Pers., inopina labĕre, Val. Flacc.: inopini visebantur, Amm.
