hippomanes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hippomanes, hippomanis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
discharge of mares in heat; (used for love potion); plant to put mares in heat;; small black membrane on forehead of foal; (for love potion/to arouse passion);
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...fumoque lucernae foeda lupanaris tulit ad puluinar odorem. hippomanes carmenque loquar coctumque uenenum priuignoque datum? faciunt grauiora coactae..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...nascitur et pluuio contristat frigore caelum. hic demum, hippomanes uero quod nomine dicunt pastores, lentum destillat ab inguine..."
