Insperâtus, pe. pro. Adiect. insperatum gaudium. Ter. Not boped or looked for: sodaine.InsperatÛ consiliÛ. Ci. A counsaile that one thought not of.Insperatum nec opinatum malum.Cic.A sodaine mischiefe that one thought not on.Insperata occasio. Ter. An occasion little looked for.Insperate repentinæque pe cuniæ.Cic.Tellure insperata potiti. Vir. That are come to % land, which they little looked to haue come vnto.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
in-spērātus, a, um, adj., unhoped for, unexpected (class.).—Of inanim. and abstr. things: insperata accidunt magis saepe, quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: insperatum et repentinum praesidium, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24: repentinaeque pecuniae, id. Cat. 2, 9, 20.—Of persons, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 72; cf. in sup.: insperatissime mihi, id. Poen. 5, 3, 8.—Of unpleasant things: unlooked for, unforeseen: insperatum et necopinatum malum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28: nihil tam necopinatum, nec tam insperatum accidere potuit, Liv. 3, 26, 5.—Neutr. adv.: ex insperato,
unexpectedly
, Liv. 1, 25, 9; 2, 35, 1; 30, 10fin.; Plin. 25, 2, 6, 17 al.— Adv. in two forms. 1. inspērātē, unexpectedly, Cassiod. Var. 7, 6.—Comp.: insperatius, Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 2; Vulg. Sap. 11, 8. — 2. inspērātō, unexpectedly (anteand post-class.): illam augeam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 32 Fleck.: abiit, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 10: aulam invenit, Plaut. Aul. Argum. 1, 14: insperato et contra opinionem, App. M. 9, p. 235, 16.