praeterpropter

praeterpropter, prep. with acc. [praeter-propter],

• thereabout, more or less (ante-class.), Enn., Cato, and Varr. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 10 (see the whole passage respecting the phrase, and Hand, Turs. 4, 544 sq.).

praeter-propter, Adv., drüber und dran = ungefähr, Fronto bei Gell. 19, 10. § 2. Cato u. Varro nach Gell. 19, 10. § 10: praeter propter vitam vivitur, bald so, bald so, Enn. fr. sen. 241. Vgl. Hand Tursell. 4. p. 544 sq.

præterpropter, (16) adv., approximativement, tant bien que mal : Enn. Scen. 241 ; Cato , Varro  ; cf. Gell. 19, 10, 2 ; 10.