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                    "description": "(adj.adv.) : imprōvīsus (inpr-), a, um, adj. 2. in-provisus\n* Not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected  (class.): sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103: unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?id. Agr. 2, 22, 60: cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,id. Font. 15, 32: mala,id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30: improvisior pestis,Tac. A. 2, 47: castella munita improviso adventu capta,Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3: pericula,id. Mur. 27, 55: vis leti,Hor. C. 2, 13, 19: species,id. Ep. 1, 6, 11: pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,Verg. A. 2, 182: cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,id. ib. 1, 595.\n* As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency: dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly: quasi de improviso respice ad eum,Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3: de improviso,Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex: ex improviso filiam inveni meam,Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly: improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6: sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182: improviso eos in castra irrupisse,id. Div. 1, 24, 50: tantum adest boni improviso,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44: cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1: scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12."
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