Hippocrēnē, ēs, f., = Ἱπποκρήνη,
I a fountain near Mount Helicon , sacred to the Muses , and which is fabled to have been produced by a stroke of Pegasus's hoof , Ov. F. 5, 7; Sol. 7 med. (in Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10: fons Pindaricus, and in Pers. prol. 1: fons caballinus).—
II Derivv.
A Hippocrē-naeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hippocrene : fontes, Auct. de Laud. Herc. 5.—
B Hippocrēnĭdes , um, f., the Muses so named from the Hippocrene , Serv. Verg. E. 7, 21.