tripodes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tripus, tripodis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
three-legged stand, tripod; the oracle at Delphi; oracles in general;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →tripus, tripodis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
three-legged stand, tripod; the oracle at Delphi; oracles in general;
nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →tripodo, tripodare, tripodavi, tripodatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dance; perform ritual dance (in triple time in honor of Mars);
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...conualle tenebis'.cetera suppressit faucesque obstruxit Apollo. custodes tripodes fatorum arcanaque mundituque, potens ueri Paean nullumque futuria superis..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...eodem vixerint, idque ex epigrammate ostendi, quod in tripode scriptum est, qui in monte Helicone ab Hesiodo positus..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...multo certa ratione magis quam Pythia quae tripode a Phoebi lauroque profatur, multa tibi expediam doctis solacia dictis..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...alacri penna aut uerum salientibus extis, nec tripode implicito numerisque sequentibus astra, turea nec supra uolitante altaria fumo..."Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...formosum Parnasum incolis.Subito sacratae uatis horrescunt comae,tripodes mouentur, mugit adytis Religio,tremuntque lauri et ipse pallescit dies.Voces..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...principio ante oculos circoque locantur in medio, sacri tripodes viridesque coronae et palmae pretium victoribus, armaque et ostro..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...iacet in dextrum semisupina latus. Sed neque Phoebei tripodes nec corniger Ammon Vera magis vobis, quam mea Musa..."