LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

tripudium

tripudium n (genitive tripudiī or tripudī)
Classical[trɪˈpʊ.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[triˈpuː.di.um]

Meaning

  1. neutera measured stamping, a leaping, jumping, dancing in religious solemnities; a solemn religious dance (performed in triple time)
  2. neutera war-dance
  3. neutera favorable omen (when the chickens ate so greedily that the food dropped from their mouths to the ground)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetripudiumtripudia
genitivetripudiī
tripudī		tripudiōrum
dativetripudiōtripudiīs
accusativetripudiumtripudia
ablativetripudiōtripudiīs
vocativetripudiumtripudia

trĭpŭdĭum, ii, n. acc. to Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72, contr. from terripavium, terripudium, but prob. from ter and pes; cf. the old form tripodare, whence tripodatio; in relig. lang.,
I. Lit., a measured stamping, a leaping, jumping, dancing in relig. solemnities, a solemn religious dance: Salios ancilia ferre ac per urbem ire canentes carmina, cum tripudiis sollemnique saltatu jussit, Liv. 1, 20, 4; cf. tripudio and † tripodatio.—
B. Transf., in gen., a dance: citatis celerare tripudiis, Cat. 63, 26: tripudia Hispanorum, Liv. 25, 17, 5: cum sui moris tripudiis, id. 21, 42, 3: cantus incohantium proelium et ululatus et tripudia, id. 38, 17, 4.—
II. A favorable omen, when the sacred chickens ate so greedily that the food dropped from their mouths to the ground, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72; 2, 36, 77; 1, 15, 28; Liv. 10, 40, 5; Suet. Tib. 2; cf. solistimus.

Origins

A derivative of Proto-Italic *tripod- (“three-step dance”, literally “three-footed”); note the old form tripodum as well as tripodātiō. By surface analysis, tri- + pēs + -ium.

Descendants
  • Italiantripudio

In English words that came into English from tripudium

  • tripudiumtripudium
  • tripudiarytripudium
  • tripudiatetripudiō

Quick answers

What does tripudium mean in Latin?
tripudium, a noun, means “a measured stamping, a leaping, jumping, dancing in religious solemnities; a solemn religious dance (performed in triple time); a war-dance”.
What is the genitive of tripudium?
The genitive singular is tripudiī. tripudium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce tripudium?
In classical Latin, [trɪˈpʊ.di.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [triˈpuː.di.um].
Which English words come from tripudium?
English words that go back to Latin tripudium include tripudium, tripudiary and tripudiate.