τρίπους?
Third declension Adjective;
Transliteration: tripous
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.
- καὶ γὰρ δὴ τὰ μαντήια αὐτέοισι οὐκ ἔξω ἀστρολογίης ἦν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ μὲν Δελφοῖς παρθένος ἔχει τὴν προφητείην σύμβολον τῆς παρθένου τῆς οὐρανίης, καὶ δράκων ὑπὸ τῷ τρίποδι φθέγγεται ὅτι καὶ ἐν τοῖσιν ἄστροισι δράκων φαίνεται, καὶ ἐν Διδύμοις δὲ μαντήιον τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, ἐμοὶ δοκέει, καὶ τοῦτο ἐκ τῶν ἠερίων Διδύμων ὀνομάζεται. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 23:2)
- 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)
- καὶ ὅλως ἔνθα ἂν ἡ πρόμαντις πιοῦσα τοῦ ἱεροῦ νάματος καὶ μασησαμένη τῆς δάφνης καὶ τὸν τρίποδα διασείσασα κελεύῃ παρεῖναι, ἀόκνον χρὴ αὐτίκα . (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:6)
- λάμπει δ ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγαῖς ὁ χρυσὸς ὑψιδαιδάλτων τριπόδων σταθέντων πάροιθε ναοῦ, τόθι μέγιστον ἄλσος Φοίβου παρὰ Κασταλίας ῥεέθροις Δελφοὶ διέπουσι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 4:2)
- τότε δὴ τρίποδι βροτῷ ἶσοι, οὗ τ ἐπὶ νῶτα ἐάγε, κάρη δ εἰς οὖδας ὁρᾶται, τῷ ἴκελοι φοιτῶσιν, ἀλευόμενοι νίφα λευκήν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:16)
- καὶ ὃ μηδὲ πώποτε, ἀφ οὗ τὴν πόλιν οἰκοῦμεν καὶ ὁ Πύθιος χρᾷ καὶ ὁ τρίπους φθέγγεται καὶ ἡ ἱέρεια ἐμπνεῖται, γεγένηται παρ ἡμῖν, νῦν καταστησώμεθα, κρίνεσθαι καὶ ἐξετάζεσθαι τοὺς ἀνατιθέντας· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 12:3)
- ἔστιν τρίπους σοι χαλκόπους ἔσω δόμων, ὃν Ἰλίου ποτ ἐξαναστήσας βάθρα σπουδὴν ἐπ ἄλλην Ἡρακλῆς ὁρμώμενος στῆσαί ς ἐφεῖτο Πυθικὴν πρὸς ἐσχάραν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:2)
- "ἀνδρὸς δ οἶνος ἔδειξε νόον" καὶ τὸ νικητήριον ἐν Διονύσου τρίπους. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 62)
- τὸν μὲν τρίπους ἐδέξατ οἰκεῖος λέβης αἰεὶ φυλάσσων τὴν ὑπὲρ πυρὸς στάσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 6 1:4)
- ἐν τούτοις δὲ τὸν οἶνον ἐκίρνων καὶ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας οἰκεῖος τρίπους. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 6 2:4)
Synonyms
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with three feet
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three legged table
