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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.—
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