I.not hoping, not expecting, contrary to one's hopes or expectations (class.): “insperanti mihi, sed valde optanti cecidit, ut,” Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 96: “quibus tu salutem insperantibus reddidisti,” id. Marc. 7, 21: “insperante hoc atque invito Pamphilo,” Ter. And. 3, 4, 24; Cat. 107, 5.—In nom.: aetas, Inscr. ap. Grut. 1133, 15.
in-spērans , ntis, adj. (usually in the oblique cases),
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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