Hippocrene

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hip′ə krēn′, hip′ə krē′nē)


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Hip•po•crene  (hip′ə krēn′, hip′ə krē′nē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythologya spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
Hip′po•cre′ni•an, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Hippocrene / ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ/
  1. a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration
Etymology: 17th Century: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē springˌHippoˈcrenian
'Hippocrene' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Helicon - Pegasus

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