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Meaning of hippomanes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.
    uncountable
  2. A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love potions.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Français hippomanes

Examples

“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!”
“Hippomanes was used in ancient Roman potions as an aphrodisiac.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hippomania hippomelanin hippometer hippometry hippomobile hippomorph

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