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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌHippoˈcrenian, adjective
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Other Words From

  • Hippo·creni·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hippocrene1

C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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