Latin

Adjective

inexpedītus m ‎(feminine inexpedīta, neuter inexpedītum); first/second declension

1. Not free or unimpeded, impeded.
2. Entangled, confused.
3. Not ready or quick at anything, unavailable.
   • c. 303 AD, Arnobius of Sicca, Adversus Nationes, 7.43:

     Si enim rusticus senior inexpeditus in rebus obeundis […]

     For if the old rustic, not being quick in entering upon anything, […]

4. Not easy or familiar, unfamiliar, difficult.
   • c. 303 AD, Arnobius of Sicca, Adversus Nationes, 5.36:

     nam quia cuncta quae scripta sunt inexpeditissimum vobis est traducere invertere derivare eligitis quaedam vestrae convenientia voluntati […]

     For because it is very difficult for you to transpose, reverse, and divert to other meanings all that has been said, you choose out some things which suit your purpose, […]

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

• expediō
• expedītus

References

• inexpeditus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inexpeditus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inexpeditus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.