Hippocrene

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

/ ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni /

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noun

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM Hippocrene

Hip·po·cre·ni·an, adjective

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How to use Hippocrene in a sentence

Why so, sweet fountain, which I may name Hippocrene, since hoofs of Klale have caused me thy discovery?
Mount Rainier|Various
Part of its duty was to bring water for its master from the fountain Hippocrene.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
A mountain in Boeotia sacred to the Muses, from which place the fountain Hippocrene flowed.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described|Edward S. Ellis
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

With the fountain of Hippocrene in its center, from which a rill will flow murmuring all the day.
Three Little Women's Success|Gabrielle E. Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for Hippocrene

Hippocrene

/ (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn, ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) /

noun

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

Derived forms of Hippocrene

Hippocrenian, adjective

Word Origin for Hippocrene

C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring

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