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ἱππομανής

ἱππομανής, in which horses take mad delight

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ἱππομανῆ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular of ἱππομανής

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ἱππο-μᾰνής, ές,
  • abounding in, swarming with horses (cf. καρπο-, ὑλο-, φυλλο-μανής), λειμών S. Aj. 143 (anap.); variously expld. by Sch.
    • II as Subst., ἱππομανές, έος, τό, an Arcadian plant, thorn-apple, Datura stramonium, of which horses are madly fond, or which makes them mad, Theoc. 2.48; f.l. for -φαές in Thphr. HP 9.15.6.
        • b = κάππαρις, Dsc. 2.173; = ἀπόκυνον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.80.
      • 2 small black fleshy substance on the forehead of a new-born foal, which, if procured before it was eaten off by the dam, was held to be a powerful φίλτρον, Arist. HA 577a9, 605a2, Thphr. Fr. 175, Ael. NA 3.17, 14.18.
      • 3 mucous humour that runs from mares a-horsing, used for like purposes, Arist. HA 572a21, Paus. 5.27.3.

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