Hip|po|crene

Hip|po|crene: Hip|po|crene «HIHP uh kreen, _HIHP uh KREE nee», noun. Greek Mythology.

1. a fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration. It was supposed to have been produced by a stroke of Pegasus' hoof.

2. the waters of the fountain: »O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene (Keats).

╂[< Latin Hippocrēnē < Greek Hippokrē < híppos horse + krē fountain]

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crene — chrys·to·crene; hip·po·crene; … English syllables
hip — eo·hip·pus; epi·hip·pus; hip; hip·ber·ry; hip·less; hip·pa; hip·parch; hip·par·i·on; hip·pe·as·trum; hip·pe·la·tes; hip·pen; hip·pe·ty hop; hip·peu·tis; hip·pic; hip·pid·i·on; hip·pid·i·um; hip·pio·spongia; hip·pish; hip·ple; hip·po;… … English syllables
hippocrene — hip·po·crene … English syllables
Hippocrene — Hip•po•crene [[t]ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni[/t]] n. myt a spring on Mt. Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration … From formal English to slang
Hippocrene — Hip po*crene, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; i ppos horse + ? a fountain.] A fountain on Mount Helicon in B[oe]otia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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