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Hippocrene
[ hip-uh-kreen, hip-uh-kree-nee ]
noun
- a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
Hippocrene
/ ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn; ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ /
noun
- a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration
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Derived Forms
- ˌHippoˈcrenian, adjective
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Other Words From
- Hippo·creni·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?
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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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