ĭn-ūsĭtātus, a, um, adj.,
I unusual , uncommon , extraordinary , very rare (class.): pro di immortales! speciem humanam inusitatam, Att. ap. Non. 226, 2: nova et inusitata belli ratio, Caes. B. C. 3, 47: magnitudo, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: lepor, id. de Or. 2, 23, 98.— With dat.: nostris oratoribus lepos, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 91; Flor. 4, 2, 81: inusitatum est, with subj.-clause , Cic. Deiot. 1, 1. — Comp. : species navium inusitatior, Caes. B. G. 4, 25.— Sup. : miracula, Aug. Civ. Dei, 10, 12.—Adv. in two forms.
1 ĭnūsĭ-tātē , in an unwonted manner , unusually , strangely : absurde et inusitate scriptae epistolae, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3: loqui, id. Brut. 75.— Comp. : poëta inusitatius contraxerat, Cic. Or. 46.— Sup. : inusitatissime nox pro noctu dixerunt (al. inusitate), Macr. S. 1, 4, 19.—*
2 ĭnūsĭtātō , in an unusual manner : enituit, Plin. Pan. 5, 2 (al. inusitato indicio enituit).