antĕfixus | antĕfixa, ōrum (noun N) : Part., qs. from antefigo
* Fixed or fastened before, nailed to (rare): truncis arborum antefixa ora,Tac. A. 1, 61.—Hence, , , n.; subst., the little ornaments, images, statues, etc., affixed to the roofs and gutters of houses or temples, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll.: antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum,Liv. 34, 4; 26, 23; cf. Müll. Etrusc. 2, 247; and id. Archaeol. § 284.