ἱππομανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[abounding in]], [[swarming with horses]] (cf. <b class="b3">καρπο-, ὑλο-, φυλλο-μανής</b>), λειμών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>143</span> (anap.); variously expld. by Sch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., [[ἱππομανές]], [[έος]], [[τό]], an Arcadian plant, <b class="b2">thorn-apple, Datura stramonium, of which horses are madly fond</b>, or [[which makes them mad]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.48</span>; f.l. for [[-φαές]] in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.15.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> = [[κάππαρις]], Dsc.2.173; = [[ἀπόκυνον]], Ps.-Dsc.4.80. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">small black fleshy substance on the forehead of a new-born foal</b>, which, if procured before it was eaten off by the dam, was held to be a powerful [[φίλτρον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>577a9</span>, <span class="bibl">605a2</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>175</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.17</span>, <span class="bibl">14.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">mucous humour that runs from mares a-horsing</b>, used for like purposes, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>572a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.27.3</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=ἱππο-μᾰνής, ές [[μαίνομαι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of a [[meadow]], in [[which]] horses [[take]] mad [[delight]], or, swarming with horses, Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as Subst., ἱππομανές, έος, an Arcadian [[plant]], [[which]] makes horses mad, Theocr.