Hippocrene

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

/ ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni /

noun

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

Related formsHip·po·cre·ni·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for hippocrene

Grecian mythology said that the fountain of Hippocrene was struck out by the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
New Tabernacle Sermons|Thomas De Witt Talmage
Hippocrene, the spring of the Muses, said to have been created by the hoof-beat of Pegasus.
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
Hippocrene was probably at Makariotissa, which is noted for a fine spring of water.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo
Such is the effect of too copious draughts from that Hippocrene which alternately discharges cock-tail and mint-julep.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845|Various

That is to drink of the fountain of Hippocrene, to write verse.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare|J. J. Jusserand

British Dictionary definitions for hippocrene

Hippocrene

/ (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn, ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) /

noun

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

Derived FormsHippocrenian, adjective

Word Origin for Hippocrene

C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring

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Word Origin and History for hippocrene

Hippocrene

fount on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses, from Greek Hippokrene, literally "horse's fountain," from hippos "horse" + krene "fountain."