"hippomanes" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomănḗs); see hippo- and the related suffix -mania. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|hippomanes}} Latin hippomanes, {{der|en|grc|ἱππομᾰνής}} Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomănḗs), {{af|en|hippo-}} hippo- Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hippomanes (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hippomanes-en-noun-FCw8mHtd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hippo-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 22 15
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          "ref": "1908, Theodore Chickering Williams, transl., “On His Lady's Avarice”, in The Elegies of Tibullus, translation of original by Tibullus:",
          "text": "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!",
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