praeterpropter

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.).