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tripus

tripus, a three-footed seat, tripod

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

tripus , odis, m.: a three-footed vessel or seat; a tripod, 5.110; the seat of the priestess of Apollo; an oracle, 3.360.
trĭpūs, pŏdis (abl. tripodi, Lucr. 1, 739), m., = τρίπους, 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.

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