Lewis Short
(verb) : trĭpŭdio, āvi, 1 (collat. form trĭpŏdo, āre;
* V.the foll.), tripudium; in relig. lang., to beat the ground with the feet, to leap, jump, dance, as a relig. exercise (syn.: salio, salto).
* Lit.: CARMEN DESCINDENTES TRIPODAVERVNT IN VERBA HAEC: ENOS LASES, etc., Inscr. Frat. Arv. Orell. 2271: sacro tripudiare gradu, Ven. Carm. 8, 4, 4: qui in honesto saltatu tripudiant,Lact. 1, 21, 45; Liv. 23, 26, 9.
* Transf., in gen., to leap, spring, dance, caper: virilem in modum,Sen. Tranq. 17, 4; id. Q. N. 7, 32, 3: ad symphoniam,Petr. 36: crebris saltibus,Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 29: in funeribus rei publicae exsultans et tripudians, * Cic. Sest. 41, 88; Sid. Ep. 3, 3 med.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary