fount on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses, its waters were held to bestow poetic inspiration, from Greek Hippokrene, earlier hippou krene, literally "horse's fountain," from genitive of hippos "horse" (from PIE root *ekwo- "horse") + krēnē "fountain," which is of uncertain origin.
hippish
hippo-
hippo
hippocampus
Hippocratic
Hippocrene
hippocrepian
hippodrome
hippogriff
Hippolyte
Hippolytus