Hippocrene

(hip′ō krēn′, hip′ō krē′nē)

noun

Gr. Myth. a fountain on Mt. Helicon, sacred to the Muses: its waters inspire poets

Origin: L < Gr Hippokrēnē < hippos (see hippo-) + krēnē, a spring, fountain

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noun
Greek Mythology

A fountain on Mount Helicon, Greece, sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.

Origin:

Origin: Latin Hippocrēnē

Origin: , from Greek Hippokrēnē

Origin: : hippos, horse (from the myth that Pegasus's hoof created it); see ekwo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + krēnē, fountain

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