τρίπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῐ- (tri-, “three”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀡𐀆 (ti-ri-po-de).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.puːs/ → /ˈtri.pus/ → /ˈtri.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pus/

Adjective

τρῐ́πους • (trípous) m or f (neuter τρῐ́πουν); third declension

1. measuring three feet
2. walking on three feet
3. (of furniture) having three feet

Declension

Third declension of τρίπους; τρίπουν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

τρίπους • (trípous) m (genitive τρίποδος); ? declension

1. tripod, three-legged cauldron

   Synonym: τιβήν (tibḗn)

2. three legged table

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τρίπους; τοῦ τρίποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • caldron idem, page 108.
  • foot idem, page 333.
  • leg idem, page 484.
  • tripod idem, page 895.