preternaturally
preternaturally
adv.
By divine interposition: P. θείᾳ μοίρᾳ (Plat.), P. and V. θείᾳ τύχῃ; see interposition.
Supernaturally: V. οὐ κᾰτʼ ἄνθρωπον.
adv.
By divine interposition: P. θείᾳ μοίρᾳ (Plat.), P. and V. θείᾳ τύχῃ; see interposition.
Supernaturally: V. οὐ κᾰτʼ ἄνθρωπον.
preternaturally: perh. praeter naturam: Cic. Ph. 1, 4, 10 (where however the sense differs from Eng.). Sometimes praeter modum: the Alban lake had risen p., lacus Albanus p. modum creverat, Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100. Phr.: he was p. tall, erat in eo enormis proceritas, Suet. Vit. 17: sight p. acute, *oculorum acies acerrima.