I. Unnatural, strange, wonderful, portentous, prodigious (post-class.): “res,” Amm. 25, 10, 1: “caput,” Claud. in Ruf. 2, 434: “signa,” Prud. Ham. 467.—Adverb.: “prodigiale canens,” Stat. Th. 7, 403: “cometes prodigiale rubens,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 232.—
II. That averts bad omens (Plautin.): “prodigialis Juppiter,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 107.—Adv.: prōdĭgĭā-lĭter , unnaturally, in a strange manner, prodigiously (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “variare rem unam,” Hor. A. P. 29: “accidere,” Col. 3, 3, 3.
