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τρίπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίπους

Structure: τριποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. with three feet, measuring three feet
  2. walking on three feet
  3. (of furniture) having three feet
  4. (in masculine, substantive), tripod, three-legged cauldron
  5. three legged table

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative τρίπους τρίπουν
Genitive τρίποδος τρίποδος
Dative τρίποδι τρίποδι
Accusative τρίποδα τρίπουν
Vocative τρίπους τρίπουν
DualN/A/V τρίποδε τρίποδε
G/D τριπόδοιν τριπόδοιν
PluralNominative τρίποδες τρίποδα
Genitive τριπόδων τριπόδων
Dative τρίποσιν* τρίποσιν*
Accusative τρίποδας τρίποδα
Vocative τρίποδες τρίποδα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective τρίπους τρίποδος τριπόδτερος τριποδτέρου τριπόδτατος τριποδτάτου
Adverb τριπόδως τριπόδτερον τριπόδτατα

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.

Examples

  • καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τράπεζαν λήψομαι; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 32 3:2)
  • καὶ τρίπουν δὲ λέβητα Αἰσχύλον εἰρηκέναι ἐν Ἀθάμαντι ἀπὸ ἁπλοῦ τοῦ ποὺσ ὡσ νοῦσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1006)
  • τί ἐστιν ὃ μίαν ἔχον φωνὴν τετράπουν καὶ δίπουν καὶ τρίπουν γίνεται· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 8:6)
  • ἦν δὲ τὸ προτεθὲν ὑπὸ τῆσ σφιγγόσ, τί ἐστι τὸ αὐτὸ δίπουν, τρίπουν, τετράπουν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 64 3:3)
  • νήπιον μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ὑπάρχοντα τετράπουν εἶναι, αὐξήσαντα δὲ δίπουν, γηράσαντα δὲ τρίπουν, βακτηρίᾳ χρώμενον διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 64 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. with three feet

  3. three legged table

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