| 单词 | caballine fountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmascaballine fountain Of or belonging to horses; equine. caballine aloes (see quot.). caballine fountain = Latin fons caballinus, the fountain Hippocrene of Greek poetry, fabled to have been produced by a stroke of the foot of Pegasus the winged horse of the Muses; hence = ‘fountain of inspiration’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > poetic inspiration muse?a1425 caballine fountain1430 Helicona1529 Castalia1591 enthusiasm1593 fire1656 duende1956 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective] horselyc1386 chevaline1550 horsy1591 equinal1609 caballine1712 hippian1758 equine1778 hippic1846 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy Prol. 13 In Cirrha by Helycon the welle..called..the fountayne Caballyn. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 51 The font Caballine, Quhair all vertew dois flurische with fusioun. a1616 F. Beaumont Ex-ale-tation of Ale (R.) Having washed their throat With the caballine spring of a pot of good ale. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 220 The Aloes is divided into three Kinds, the Succotrine, the Hepatick, and the Caballine. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Aloes The Cabaline Aloes..call'd Cabaline, because it's given to diseased Horses. 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition iii. 50 For his services to the caballine race. 1878 J. Thomson Plenipotent Key 9 This bottle; it's my true and only Helicon; it's my caballine fountain. < as lemmas |
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