Hip·po·crene (h p  -kr n , hp-krn)n. Greek Mythology A fountain on Mount Helicon, Greece, sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration. [Latin Hippocr n, from Greek Hippokrn : hippos, horse (from the myth that Pegasus's hoof created it); see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + krn, fountain.] |
Hippocrene [ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration
[via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring]
Hippocrenian adj
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