hippomanes

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal in heat. uncountable
    — 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. A membrane on the forehead of a foal, used in love potions. uncountable
    — Hippomanes was used in ancient Roman potions as an aphrodisiac.

词源

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