HIPPOCRENE


Meaning of HIPPOCRENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhi-pə-ˌkrēn, ˌhi-pə-ˈkrē-nē ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Hippokrēnē

Date: 1605

: a fountain on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and believed to be a source of poetic inspiration

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