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Hippocrene|ˈhɪpəʊkriːn|
In 7 erron. Hypo-.
[ad. L. Hippocrēnē, Gr. Ἱπποκρήνη for Ἵππου κρήνη ‘fountain of the horse’, so called because it was fabled to have been produced by a stroke of Pegasus' hoof. Cf. F. Hippocrène (16th c. in Littré).]
Name of a fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses; hence used allusively in reference to poetic or literary inspiration.
1634Habington Castara (Arb.) 64 My sacke will..inspire so high a rage, That Hypocrene shall henceforth Poets lacke. 1638–48G. Daniel Eclog iii. 269 And Hypocrene it selfe is but a Tale To countenance dull Soules who drinke not Ale. 1693Congreve in Dryden's Persius (1697) 400 This Hippocrene, which from a Rock did flow. 1820Keats Ode to Nightingale 16 O for a beaker..Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene. 1841Longfellow Goblet of Life ii, Maddening draughts of Hippocrene.
Hence Hippoˈcrenian a., pertaining to Hippocrene.
a1679Earl of Orrery Guzman 1, There's no more Hypocrinian Moisture in my Brain. |