hippomanes

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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. A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in potions.

  4. (quote-book)|title=Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs|publisher=The Citadel Press|location=New York|page=120|passage=Hippomanes was used in ancient Roman potions as an aphrodisiac.

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

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