Meaning of hippomanes | Babel Free

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

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.”

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