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

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The brain: non tibi Sanum est, adulescens, sinciput, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 41: sanum, id. ib. 4, 2, 69.
    2. * B. The head, in gen.: miserabile sinciput, Sid. Carm. 5, 419.