hippomanes
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomanḗs); see hippo- and the related suffix -mania.
Noun edit
hippomanes (uncountable)
- (obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.
- 1908, Theodore Chickering Williams, transl., “On His Lady's Avarice”, in The Elegies of Tibullus[1], translation of original by Tibullus:
- 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!
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomanḗs), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage, to be crazy”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hipˈpo.ma.nes/, [hɪpˈpɔmänɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.ma.nes/, [ipˈpɔːmänes]
Noun edit
hippomanes n (genitive hippomanis); third declension
- an aphrodisiac obtained from the discharge of a mare in heat
- a membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love-potions
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hippomanes | hippomanēs |
| Genitive | hippomanis | hippomanum |
| Dative | hippomanī | hippomanibus |
| Accusative | hippomanem | hippomanēs |
| Ablative | hippomane | hippomanibus |
| Vocative | hippomanes | hippomanēs |
References edit
- “hippomanes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hippomanes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers