Definition of Hippacrene

Definition of Hippacrene

Hippocrene (lit. the fountain of the horse), a fountain on Mount Helicon, in Boeotia, sacred to the Muses, and said to have been caused by Pegasus (q. v.) striking the spot with his hoof.

- Wikipedia

Hip"po*crene (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; "i`ppos horse + &?; 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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