Hippocrene

[ hip-uh-kreen, hip-uh-kree-nee ]

noun

1. a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.

Hippocrene

/ ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn; ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ /

noun

1. a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration

Derived Forms

• ˌHippoˈcrenian, adjective

Other Words From

• Hippo·creni·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hippocrene¹

C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring

Example Sentences

Why so, sweet fountain, which I may name Hippocrene, since hoofs of Klale have caused me thy discovery?

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Part of its duty was to bring water for its master from the fountain Hippocrene.

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A mountain in Boeotia sacred to the Muses, from which place the fountain Hippocrene flowed.

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Grecian mythology said that the fountain of Hippocrene was struck out by the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.

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With the fountain of Hippocrene in its center, from which a rill will flow murmuring all the day.

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