praesigno

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

prae-signo, āre, v. a.,

to mark before (ante-class. and post-Aug.): ad summum praesignato (al. pertundito), Cato R. R. 154: furunculos, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 36.