trĭpūs (noun M) = τρίπους,: (abl. tripodi, Lucr. 1, 739)
* A three-footed seat, a tripod.
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* Transf.
* The oracle at Delphi: mittitur ad tripodas,Ov. F. 3, 855.
* An oracle, in gen.: salve, prisca fides tripodum,Stat. Th. 1, 509; Val. Fl. 1, 544; Sen. Med. 785.