hippomanes

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat.

   “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!”

2. isim A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love potions.

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