τρίπους
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρῐ- (tri-, “three”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀡𐀆 (ti-ri-po-de).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trí.puːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pus/
Adjective
τρῐ́πους • (trípous) m or f (neuter τρῐ́πουν); third declension
- measuring three feet
- walking on three feet
- (of furniture) having three feet
Declension
Third declension of τρίπους; τρίπουν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τρίπους trípous | τρίπουν trípoun | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδες trípodes | τρίποδᾰ trípoda | ||||||||
Genitive | τρίποδος trípodos | τρίποδος trípodos | τριπόδοιν tripódoin | τριπόδοιν tripódoin | τριπόδων tripódōn | τριπόδων tripódōn | ||||||||
Dative | τρίποδῐ trípodi | τρίποδῐ trípodi | τριπόδοιν tripódoin | τριπόδοιν tripódoin | τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν tríposi(n) | τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν tríposi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | τρίποδᾰ trípoda | τρίπουν trípoun | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδᾰς trípodas | τρίποδᾰ trípoda | ||||||||
Vocative | τρίπους trípous | τρίπουν trípoun | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδες trípodes | τρίποδᾰ trípoda | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τριπόδως tripódōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Noun
τρίπους • (trípous) m (genitive τρίποδος); ? declension
- tripod, three-legged cauldron
- Synonym: τιβήν (tibḗn)
- three legged table
Declension
Third declension of ὁ τρίπους; τοῦ τρίποδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τρίπους ho trípous | τὼ τρίποδε tṑ trípode | οἱ τρίποδες hoi trípodes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τρίποδος toû trípodos | τοῖν τριπόδοιν toîn tripódoin | τῶν τριπόδων tôn tripódōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τρίποδῐ tôi trípodi | τοῖν τριπόδοιν toîn tripódoin | τοῖς τρίποσῐ / τρίποσῐν toîs tríposi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τρίποδᾰ tòn trípoda | τὼ τρίποδε tṑ trípode | τοὺς τρίποδᾰς toùs trípodas | ||||||||||
Vocative | τρίπους trípous | τρίποδε trípode | τρίποδες trípodes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: tripūs
- → Catalan: trípode
- → English: tripod, tripus
- → Finnish: tripodi
- → French: tripode
- → Galician: trípode
- → Hungarian: tripod
- → Italian: tripode
- → Spanish: trípode
References
- “τρίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “τρίπους”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- caldron idem, page 108.
- foot idem, page 333.
- leg idem, page 484.
- tripod idem, page 895.