What does tripūs mean in Latin?

tripūs, a noun, means “three-footed seat, tripod; tripus (the tripod of the oracle at Delphi)”.

What is the genitive of tripūs?

The genitive singular is tripodis. tripūs is masculine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈtrɪ.puːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtriː.pus].

noun · masculinethird declension

tripūs m (genitive tripodis)

Classical[ˈtrɪ.puːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.pus]

three-footed seat, tripod
1531, Procopius Caesariensis, De rebus Gothorum, Persarum ac Vandalorum libri VII, page 262An iron tripod always used to stand in front of the palace...
tripus (the tripod of the oracle at Delphi)
1826, Børge Thorlacius, Vas pictum Halico-graecum quod Orestem ad tripodem Delphicum supplicem exhibet, main title (Schultz)

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.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous).

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