ἱππομανής
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
English (LSJ)
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. 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.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.
