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Hippocrene

//ˌhɪpəˈkɹiːni// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, the waters of which were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed. Greek

    "O for a beaker full of the warm South, / Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, / With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, / And purple-stained mouth; […]"

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἱπποκρήνη (Hippokrḗnē, literally “horse spring”)

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