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Menander, Monostichoi, 247

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hippŏcrēnē,¹⁶ ēs, f. (Ἵππου κρήνη), Hippocrène [source de l’Hélicon que Pégase fit jaillir en frappant la terre] : Ov. F. 5, 7 || -nĭdes, um, f., les Muses [à qui Hippocrène était consacrée] : Serv. B. 7, 21.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hippocrēnē, ēs, f. (ιππου κρήνη), Roßquelle, eine Quelle am Helikon, die das Musenpferd Pegasus mit dem Hufe geschlagen haben soll (Pers. prol. 1. scherzh. durch fons caballinus übersetzt), Ov. fast. 5, 7.