τριπόδης
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
τριπόδου, ὁ, ἡ, three feet long, ὄλμον τριπόδην Hes.Op.423; βαθύτερον τριπόδου X.Oec.19.3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
long, large, etc. de trois pieds.
Étymologie: τρεῖς, πούς.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
τριπόδης -ου [τρίπους] van drie voet, drie voet lang.
German (Pape)
ὁ,
1 drei Fuß lang; Hes. O. 425; Xen. Oec. 19.3.
2 dreifüßig, Sp.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
τρῐπόδης: ου adj. m размером в три фута Hes. etc.
Greek Monolingual
ο, ΝΑ
νεοελλ.
1. αυτός που έχει τρία πόδια
2. (με αισχρή σημ.) (για άνδρα) αυτός που έχει ανορθωμένο το πέος
αρχ.
αυτός που φθάνει τους τρεις πόδες σε μήκος ή σε ύψος («ὅλμον μεν τριπόδην τάμνειν, ὕπερον δε τρίπηχυν», Ησίοδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + -πόδης (< πούς, ποδός), πρβλ. τετραπόδης].
Greek Monotonic
τρῐπόδης: -ου, ὁ (πούς), αυτός που έχει μήκος τριων ποδιών, σε Ησίοδ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρῐπόδης: -ου, ὁ, (ποὺς) ὁ ἔχων μῆκος τριῶν ποδῶν, ὅλμον μὲν τριπόδην τάμνειν, ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 421· βαθύτερον τριπόδου Ξεν. Οἰκ. 19. 3.