hippomanes

English

Etymology

From Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomanḗs); see hippo- and the related suffix -mania.

Noun

hippomanes (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής (hippomanḗs), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage, to be crazy”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hipˈpo.ma.nes/, [hɪpˈpɔmänɛs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.ma.nes/, [ipˈpɔːmänes]

Noun

hippomanes n (genitive hippomanis); third declension

  1. an aphrodisiac obtained from the discharge of a mare in heat
  2. a membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love-potions

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hippomanes hippomanēs
Genitive hippomanis hippomanum
Dative hippomanī hippomanibus
Accusative hippomanem hippomanēs
Ablative hippomane hippomanibus
Vocative hippomanes hippomanēs

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
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