καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
prae-signo: āre, v. a.,
I to mark before (ante-class. and post-Aug.): ad summum praesignato (al. pertundito), Cato, R. R. 154: furunculos, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 36.
præsignō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., marquer auparavant : Plin. 28, 36.