- ἱππομανής
- ἱππο-μᾰνής, ές,A 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.HP9.15.6.2 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.HA577a9, 605a2, Thphr.Fr.175, Ael.NA3.17, 14.18.3 mucous humour that runs from mares a-horsing, used for like purposes, Arist.HA572a21, Paus.5.27.3.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.