τρίπους
Third declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τρίπους
Structure:
τριποδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- with three feet, measuring three feet
- walking on three feet
- (of furniture) having three feet
- (in masculine, substantive), tripod, three-legged cauldron
- three legged table
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- προερῶ γὰρ καὶ προθεσπιῶ καὶ ἄνευ Κασταλίασ καὶ δάφνησ καὶ τρίποδοσ Δελφικοῦ, ὅτι ἂν γυμνὸσ τοῦ κρύουσ περινοστῇ τισ ὑόντοσ προσέτι ἢ χαλαζῶντοσ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἠπίαλοσ οὐ μικρὸσ ἐπιπεσεῖται τῷ τοιούτῳ, καὶ τὸ ἔτι γε τούτου μαντικώτερον, ὅτι καὶ θέρμη μετὰ ταῦτα, ὡσ τὸ εἰκόσ, ἐπιγενήσεται, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ τοιαῦτα, ὧν γελοῖον ἂν εἰή μεμνῆσθαι. (Lucian, 14:1)
- ἐν τῷδε λαιμοὺσ τρεῖσ τριῶν μήλων τεμὼν ἔγγραψον ὁρ́κουσ τρίποδοσ ἐν κοίλῳ κύτει, κἄπειτα σῴζειν θεῷ δὸσ ᾧ Δελφῶν μέλει, μνημεῖά θ’ ὁρ́κων μαρτύρημά θ’ Ἑλλάδι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:3)
- ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Ἔλεγχοσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ‐ ἤδη γὰρ αὐτὸσ παρείληφα τοῦ δράματοσ τὰ λοιπὰ ‐ δίκαιοσ ἂν εἰήν τὰ ἐκ τοῦ Δελφικοῦ τρίποδοσ ἤδη λέγειν, οἱᾶ μέν σου τὰ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι, οἱᾶ δὲ τὰ ἐν τῇ Παλαιστίνῃ, οἱᾶ δὲ τὰ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, οἱᾶ δὲ τὰ ἐν Φοινίκῃ καὶ Συρίᾳ, εἶτα ἑξῆσ τὰ ἐν Ἑλλάδι καὶ Ἰταλίᾳ, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τὰ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ νῦν, ἅπερ κεφαλαιωδέστατα τῆσ ἀπονοίασ τῆσ σῆσ καὶ κορυφὴ καὶ κορωνὶσ τοῦ τρόπου. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 7:1)
- τῷ δὲ Λοξίᾳ, ὃσ θεσπιῳδεῖ τρίποδοσ ἐκ χρυσηλάτου, μέμψιν δικαίαν μέμφομαι ταύτην, ὅτι ἰατρὸσ ὢν καὶ μάντισ, ὥσ φασιν, σοφὸσ μελαγχολῶντ’ ἀπέπεμψέ μου τὸν δεσπότην, ὅστισ ἀκολουθεῖ κατόπιν ἀνθρώπου τυφλοῦ, τοὐναντίον δρῶν ἢ προσῆκ’ αὐτῷ ποιεῖν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 1:5)
- ἐντεῦθεν αὐδὴν τρίποδοσ ἐκ χρυσοῦ λακὼν Φοῖβόσ μ’ ἔπεμψε δεῦρο, διοπετὲσ λαβεῖν ἄγαλμ’ Ἀθηνῶν τ’ ἐγκαθιδρῦσαι χθονί. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:6)
Synonyms
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with three feet
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three legged table
