prae-fŏdĭo, fōdi, 3, v. a.
I To dig before or in front of : portas, Verg. A. 11, 473 (id est ante portas fossas faciunt, Serv.). —
II With respect to time, to dig or bury before : scrobes, to make pits beforehand , Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79: aurum, to bury before , Ov. M. 13, 60.