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Hippocrene

noun Hip·po·crene \ˈhi-pə-ˌkrēn, ˌhi-pə-ˈkrē-nē\

Definition of HIPPOCRENE

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

Latin, from Greek Hippokrēnē
First Known Use: 1605

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