hippomanes

suomi-englanti sanakirja

hippomanes englanniksi

  1. An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal heat.

  2. (quote-book), transl.|year=1908|by=Tibullus|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9610/pg9610-images.html|passage=Let Circe and Medea bring the lees / Of some foul cup! Let Thessaly prepare / Its direst poison! Bring hippomanes, / Fierce philtre from the frantic, brooding mare!

  3. an aphrodisiac obtained from the discharge of a mare heat

  4. a membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love-potions