tripus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

trĭpūs: pŏdis (abl. tripodi, Lucr. 1, 739), m., = τρίπους,>
I a three-footed seat, a tripod.
I In gen.: donarem tripodas, praemia fortium Graiorum, Hor. C. 4, 8, 3; Verg. A. 5, 110; Sid. Ep. 4, 24; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 1. —
II In partic.
   A Lit., the tripod of Pythia, the priestess of Apollo, at Delphi, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Verg. A. 3, 360; Ov. A. A. 3, 789; Luc. 5, 121; Sen. Med. 86.—
   B Transf.
   1    The oracle at Delphi: mittitur ad tripodas, Ov. F. 3, 855.—
   2    An oracle, in gen.: salve, prisca fides tripodum, Stat. Th. 1, 509; Val. Fl. 1, 544; Sen. Med. 785.