(adjective) : in-sŏlĭtus, a, um
* Unaccustomed, unusual (class.).
* Act., unaccustomed to a thing; constr. absol., with ad or with gen.
* Absol.: cur pudentissimas feminas in tantum virorum conventum insolitas, invitasque prodire cogis? Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37: phocae,not accustomed to rivers,Verg. G. 3, 543.
* Pass., unusual, uncommon: insolita mihi loquacitas,Cic. de Or. 2, 88, 361: adulescentibus gloria,id. Brut. 81, 282: verbum,id. Balb. 16, 36: tumultus,Sall. J. 38, 5: novum et moribus veterum insolitum,Tac. A. 12, 37: laus,Quint. 8, 3, 4: labor,id. 11, 3, 26; Sall. C. 7, 5; Ov. M. 10, 554 al.— With ut: in principe rarum ac prope insolitum est, ut se putet obligatum,Plin. Pan. 60, 6.—With acc. and inf.: id insolitum esse fieri,Dig. 48, 19, 27.— Adv.: insŏlĭtē, contrary to custom, unusually (late Lat.): accidere,Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 23 fin.
* With gen.: civitas insolita rerum bellicarum,Sall. J. 39, 1: genus serviti insolitum,id. H. 2, 81 Dietsch.

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