Hippocrene

[ hip-uh-kreen, hip-uh-kree-nee ]

/ ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni /

noun

a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.

OTHER WORDS FROM Hippocrene

Hip·po·cre·ni·an, adjective

Words nearby Hippocrene

Hippocratic facies, hippocratic finger, hippocratic nail, Hippocratic oath, hippocratic succussion sound, Hippocrene, hippodrome, hippogriff, hippology, Hippolyta, Hippolytus

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Example sentences from the Web for Hippocrene

Grecian mythology said that the fountain of Hippocrene was struck out by the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
New Tabernacle Sermons|Thomas De Witt Talmage
Hippocrene, the spring of the Muses, said to have been created by the hoof-beat of Pegasus.
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
Hippocrene was probably at Makariotissa, which is noted for a fine spring of water.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo
Such is the effect of too copious draughts from that Hippocrene which alternately discharges cock-tail and mint-julep.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845|Various

That is to drink of the fountain of Hippocrene, to write verse.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare|J. J. Jusserand

British Dictionary definitions for Hippocrene

Hippocrene

/ (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn, ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) /

noun

a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration

Derived forms of Hippocrene

Hippocrenian, adjective

Word Origin for Hippocrene

C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring

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单词	hippocrene
释义	Hippocrene [ hip-uh-kreen, hip-uh-kree-nee ] / ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni / noun a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration. OTHER WORDS FROM Hippocrene Hip·po·cre·ni·an, adjective Words nearby Hippocrene Hippocratic facies, hippocratic finger, hippocratic nail, Hippocratic oath, hippocratic succussion sound, Hippocrene, hippodrome, hippogriff, hippology, Hippolyta, Hippolytus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Hippocrene Grecian mythology said that the fountain of Hippocrene was struck out by the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. New Tabernacle Sermons\|Thomas De Witt Talmage Hippocrene, the spring of the Muses, said to have been created by the hoof-beat of Pegasus. The Last Poems of Ovid\|Ovid Hippocrene was probably at Makariotissa, which is noted for a fine spring of water. The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)\|Strabo Such is the effect of too copious draughts from that Hippocrene which alternately discharges cock-tail and mint-julep. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845\|Various That is to drink of the fountain of Hippocrene, to write verse. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare\|J. J. Jusserand British Dictionary definitions for Hippocrene Hippocrene / (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn, ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) / noun a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration Derived forms of Hippocrene Hippocrenian, adjective Word Origin for Hippocrene C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring 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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