What does sinciput mean in Latin?

sinciput, a noun, means “half a head; hence, a cheek or half the jowl of a smoked hog; the brain”.

What is the genitive of sinciput?

The genitive singular is sincipitis. sinciput is neuter, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈsɪŋ.kɪ.pʊt]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.put].

noun · neuterthird declension

sinciput n (genitive sincipitis)

Classical[ˈsɪŋ.kɪ.pʊt]Ecclesiastical[ˈsin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.put]

neuterhalf a head; hence, a cheek or half the jowl of a smoked hog
Neque aliō ex animālī numerōsior māteria gāneae: quīnquāgintā prope sapōrēs, eum cēterīs singulī. Hinc cēnsōriārum legum pāginae, interdictaque cēnīs abdomina, glandia, testiculī, vulvae, sincipita verrīna, ut tamen Pūblī mīmōrum poetae cēna postquam servitutem exuerat nūlla memorētur sine abdomine, etiam vocābulō sūminis ab eō inpositō.Nor is more numerous eating matter derived from any other animal: almost fifty flavours, while the other animals only have one. Hence the pages of sumptuary laws, and hog's paunches, sweetbreads, testicles, matrix and hog cheeks forbidden from feasts, although no dinner of Publius the mime-writer after being freed from slavery is recorded to have been without paunch, even with the nickname 'Udder' given to him for this.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 8.209
neuterthe brain
PĒNICULUS. Nōn mē nōvistī? MENAECHMUS SŌSICLĒS. Nōn negem, sī nōverim. PĒNICULUS. Tuom parasītum nōn nōvistī? MENAECHMUS SŌSICLĒS. Nōn tibī sānum est, adulēscēns, sinciput, intellegō. PENICULUS. You don't recognize me? MAENACHMUS SOSICLES. I wouldn't deny it, if I recognized you.right in the brain, young one, I understand.c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 3.2.38–40
broadlyneuterthe head

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.

From sēmi- (“half”) + caput (“head”); compare Ancient Greek ἡμικεφάλιον (hēmikephálion), ἡμίκρανον (hēmíkranon), ἡμικέφαλον (hēmiképhalon).

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