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Hippocrene
Hip′po-crene
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ἵπποσ
horse + [GREEK] a fountain.] A fountain on Mount Helicon in Bœotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
Keats.
Nor maddening draughts of
Hippocrene
. Longfellow.
Definition 2024
Hippocrene
Hippocrene
English
Proper noun
Hippocrene
- (Greek mythology) A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, whose waters were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.
- John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale
- O for a beaker full of the warm South / Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, / With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, […]
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Goblet of Life
- Maddening draughts of Hippocrene.
- John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale