accidental Copy link Outline I. Casual1. fortŭitus (ĭtus and ītus)2. tĕmĕrārĭusII. Non-essential • accidental: I. Casual: 1. fortŭitus (ĭtus and ītus): presentiments not a., praesentiones non f., Cic.: Hor. 2. tĕmĕrārĭus: it is not a. when a rich man addresses a poor one kindly, non t. est ubi dives blande appellat pauperem, Pl.: v. casual, fortuitous. II. Non-essential: adventīcĭus: what is inborn and implanted is preferred to what is derived and a., innata atque insita assumptis et a. anteponuntur, Cic. Top. 18, 69: v. accident.
ACCIDENTAL Copy link • ACCIDENTALfortuitus: forte oblatus (accidentally offered, as an opportunity): in casu positus (depending on chance): non necessarius (not necessary). adventitius (not customarily added to it). The accidental concourse of atoms, fortuitus concursus atomorum.