unawares Copy link Outline I. In reference to the act itself1. imprōvīso2. de imprōvīso3. inŏpīnāto4. inspērātoII. In reference to a person or thing that is not aware1. imprūdens2. inŏpīnans3. incautus • unawares: I. In reference to the act itself: 1. imprōvīso: that they had broken into the camp u., improviso eos in castra irrupisse, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50. 2. de imprōvīso: on whom they may fall u., in quos de i. incidant, id. Rosc. Am. 52, 151. 3. inŏpīnāto: when the Numidians had broken u. into the camp, quum i. in castra ... Numidae irrupissent, Liv. 26, 6. 4. inspērāto: Pl. Stich. 2, 2, 31. II. In reference to a person or thing that is not aware: 1. imprūdens: that no attack might be made on the soldiers u. (i. e. not expecting it): ne quis imprudentibus militibus impetus fieri posset, Caes. B. G. 3, 29: lest his ships might fall u. upon the fleet of the enemy, ne casu imprudentes suae naves in classem ... inciderent, Hirt. B. Afr. 11. 2. inŏpīnans: having attacked them u., eos inopinantes aggressus, Caes. B. G. 1, 12. 3. incautus: overcomes him secretly u. (i. e. unprepared): clam ferro incautum superat, Virg. Aen. 1, 350. Join: incautus atque imparatus, Caes. B. G. 6, 30.
UNAWARES Copy link • UNAWARESpraeter opinionem: (ex) inopinato: improviso: (ex) insperato. To attack anybody unawares, aliquem improviso or aliquem imprudentem adoriri.