praeoleo

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

prae-ŏlĕo, ēre, v. n.,

to emit or exhale an odor beforehand (post-Aug.): ut crocus, ita somnus prius quam prope adsit, longe praeolet, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 4 Mai.