ἱππομανής

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. 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.