τρίπους: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ]<b class="b3">, ποδος ὁ, ἡ, πουν, τό,</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">three-footed, of</b> or <b class="b2">with three feet</b>: and so, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">measuring three feet</b>, τ. τὸ εὖρος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.60</span>; τ. πλάτος <span class="title">IG</span>12.372.14, al.; <b class="b3">ὅρους . . μὴ ἔλαττον ἢ τρίποδας</b> ib.22.2492.24; <b class="b3">τ. [γραμμή</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>83e</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τ. [δύναμις</b>] <b class="b2">the side of a square three feet in area</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">going on three feet</b>, prov. of an old man who leans on a staff, τρίποδι βροτῷ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>533</span> (but <b class="b3">τρίποδι βροτοὶ ἶς οι</b> is prob. cj.); τρίποδας ὁδοὺς στείχει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>80</span> (anap.); cf. <b class="b3">τριτοβάμων</b>, and see the Sphinx's riddle in <span class="title">AP</span>14.64. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of tables, vessels, etc., <b class="b2">three-legged</b>, τ. λέβης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1</span>; τράπεζα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>530</span>; ὑπόβασις <span class="bibl">Semus 15</span> :—but mostly </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> as Subst., <b class="b3">τρίπους, ὁ,</b> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">tripod</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">three-legged cauldron</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.344</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.434</span>, etc.; τ. ἐμπυριβήτης <span class="bibl">Il.23.702</span>; ὑψίβατος τ. ἀμφίπυρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1405</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἄπυροι τ</b>. <b class="b2">tripods</b> untouched by fire, i.e. new, unused, <span class="bibl">Il.9.122</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.4.32.1</span>; used as <b class="b3">κρατῆρες</b>, Semus l. c., <span class="bibl">Phylarch.44J.</span>; given as prizes, <span class="bibl">Il.11.700</span>, <span class="bibl">23.264</span>, al.; as gifts of honour, <span class="bibl">8.290</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.13</span>; in Crete used as currency, <span class="title">GDI</span>4969.130; placed as votive gifts in temples, esp. in that of Apollo at Delphi, <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>697 <span class="title">L</span>3 (Delph., ii B. C.), etc.; ἡ τοῦ τ. ἀνάθεσις <span class="bibl">Lys.21.2</span>; these were then called <b class="b3">τ. ἀναθηματικοί, Δελφικοί</b>, Apollon.<span class="title">Lex.</span>; a street at Athens adorned with these gifts was called <b class="b3">οἱ Τρίποδες</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.20.1</span>; or they were preserved in private houses, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.19</span>; they were mostly of bronze, <span class="bibl">Paus.4.12.8</span>, but sts. of precious metals, even of gold, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>9</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.10.13.9</span>; sts. of wood, ξύλινοι τ. <span class="bibl">Id.4.12.8</span>; from a <b class="b2">tripod</b> the Delphic Priestess delivered her oracles, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>91</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>164</span> (lyr.), Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1016</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τ. τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται [ὁ ποιητής</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>719c</span>: prov., <b class="b3">ἐκ τρίποδος λέγειν</b>, i. e. authoritatively, <span class="bibl">Ath.2.37f</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀπὸ τ., τὰ ἐκ τ</b>., <span class="bibl">Zen.6.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Diogenian.8.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">Τρίπους</b>, name of a work by Nausiphanes, <span class="bibl">D.L.10.14</span>; of a work by Glaucias the Empiric, Gal.<span class="title">Subf.Emp.</span>p.63B. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as a landmark, <span class="title">SIG</span>826 <span class="title">E</span> 13.23 (Delph., ii B. C.), 827 <span class="title">D</span>15 (ibid., ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">three-legged table</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>13</span>; <b class="b3">κύκλος τρίποδος</b> the circular top of... <span class="bibl">Artem.5.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.74</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> a kind of <b class="b2">ear-ring</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.5.97</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> a musical instrument, described by Artemoap.<span class="bibl">Ath.14.637b</span>. (The oldest nom. of stem <b class="b3">τριποδ-</b> is prob. <b class="b3">τρίπος</b> (q. v.), which comes from <b class="b3">τριποδ-ς</b> but was later regarded as an <b class="b2">o</b>-stem.)</span>