sinciput

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

sincĭput, pĭtis, n. [semi - caput; cf.: sinciput ἡμικεφάλιον, ἡμίκρανον, ἡμικέφαλον, Gloss. Philox.].

I Half a head; of the smoked cheek , jowl of a hog, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 28 (Ritschl, sincipitamenta); Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 209; Pers. 6, 70; Juv. 13, 85.—

II Transf.

A The brain : non tibi Sanum est, adulescens, sinciput, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 41: sanum, id. ib. 4, 2, 69.—*

B The head , in gen.: miserabile sinciput, Sid. Carm. 5, 419.

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