sinciput
From LSJ
Οὐπώποτ' ἐζήλωσα πολυτελῆ νεκρόν → Numquam probarim sumptuosum mortuum → Nie preis ich einen Toten selbst im Prachtgewand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
