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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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