insperatus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insperatus, insperata, insperatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
unhoped for, unexpected, unforeseen;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...cito? modo tibi ex illa funesta peregrinatione insperatus revertor, unde ut venirem, vix optare potuisti; nulla adhuc..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sanguine uirtus.' obstipuere animi, fecitque silentia terror. tandem insperatus nuda de plebe Laconum prosilit Alcidamas: mirantur Dorica regum..."