hippomanes

== English == === Etymology === From Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomănḗs); see hippo- and the related suffix -mania. === Noun === hippomanes (uncountable) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat. A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love potions. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomănḗs), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage, to be crazy”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪpˈpɔ.ma.nɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ipˈpɔː.ma.nes] === Noun === 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 ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “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