inopinabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĭn-ŏpīnābĭlis, e, adj.,

I not to be supposed or expected , inconceivable : latebra, Gell. 17, 9, 18: id (dictum), id. 11, 18, 11: res, Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.—

II Esp., rhet. t. t., surprising , paradoxical : infames materias, sive quis mavult dicere inopinabiles, quas Graeci ἀδόξους ὑποθέσεις appellant, veteres adorti sunt, Gell. 17, 12, 1.—Adv.: inŏpīnābĭlĭter , unexpectedly , Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 3; 8, 1.