A). three-footed, of or with three feet: and so,

I). measuring three feet, τ. τὸ εὖρος Hdt. 3.60 ; τ. πλάτος IG 12.372.14 , al.; ὅρους .. μὴ ἔλαττον ἢ τρίποδας ib. 22.2492.24 ; τ. [γραμμή] Pl. Men. 83e ; ἡ τ. [δύναμις] the side of a square three feet in area, Id. Tht. 147d .

II). going on three feet, prov. of an old man who leans on a staff, τρίποδι βροτῷ Hes. Op. 533 (but τρίποδι βροτοὶ ἶς οι is prob. cj.); τρίποδας ὁδοὺς στείχει A. Ag. 80 (anap.); cf. τριτοβάμων, and see the Sphinx's riddle in AP 14.64 .

III). of tables, vessels, etc., three-legged, τ. λέβης A. Fr. 1 ; τράπεζα Ar. Fr. 530 ; ὑπόβασις Semus 15 :—but mostly

IV). as Subst., τρίπους,

1). tripod, i.e. three-legged cauldron, Il. 18.344 , Od. 8.434 , etc.; τ. ἐμπυριβήτης Il. 23.702 ; ὑψίβατος τ. ἀμφίπυρος S. Aj. 1405 (anap.); ἄπυροι τ. tripods untouched by fire, i.e. new, unused, Il. 9.122 , cf. Paus. 4.32.1 ; used as κρατῆρες, Semus l. c., Phylarch. 44J. ; given as prizes, Il. 11.700 , 23.264 , al.; as gifts of honour, 8.290 , Od. 13.13 ; in Crete used as currency, GDI 4969.130 ; placed as votive gifts in temples, esp. in that of Apollo at Delphi, Th. 1.132 , SIG 697 L 3 (Delph., ii B. C.), etc.; ἡ τοῦ τ. ἀνάθεσις Lys. 21.2 ; these were then called τ. ἀναθηματικοί, Δελφικοί, Apollon. Lex.; a street at Athens adorned with these gifts was called οἱ Τρίποδες, Paus. 1.20.1 ; or they were preserved in private houses, Pi. I. 1.19 ; they were mostly of bronze, Paus. 4.12.8 , but sts. of precious metals, even of gold, Pi. P. 11.4 , Hdt. 9.81 , Ar. Pl. 9 , Paus. 10.13.9 ; sts. of wood, ξύλινοι τ. Id. 4.12.8 ; from a tripod the Delphic Priestess delivered her oracles, E. Ion 91 (anap.), Or. 164 (lyr.), Orac. ap. Ar. Eq. 1016 , etc.: metaph., ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τ. τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται [ὁ ποιητής] Pl. Lg. 719c : prov., ἐκ τρίποδος λέγειν, i. e. authoritatively, Ath. 2.37f ; τὰ ἀπὸ τ., τὰ ἐκ τ., Zen. 6.3 , Diogenian. 8.21 , cf. Plu. Dem. 29 .

b). Τρίπους, name of a work by Nausiphanes, D.L. 10.14 ; of a work by Glaucias the Empiric, Gal. Subf.Emp. p.63B.

2). as a landmark, SIG 826 E 13.23 (Delph., ii B. C.), 827 D 15 (ibid., ii A.D.).

3). three-legged table, X. An. 7.3.21 , Plu. Cleom. 13 ; κύκλος τρίποδος the circular top of .. , Artem. 5.20 , cf. 1.74 .

4). a kind of ear-ring, Poll. 5.97 .

5). a musical instrument, described by Artemoap. Ath. 14.637b . (The oldest nom. of stem τριποδ- is prob. τρίπος (q. v.), which comes from τριποδ-ς but was later regarded as an o-stem.)