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tripodes

UK/ˈtɹɪpədiːz/

tripodes is the plural of tripus.

Meaning of tripus

Noun

tripus (plural tripodes)

  1. (historical, rare) A vessel (usually a pot or cauldron) resting on three legs, often given as an ornament, a prize, or as an offering at a shrine to a god or oracle; often specifically, that such vessel upon which the priestess sat to deliver her oracles at the shrine to Apollo at Delphi.
    Synonyms:
    tripod
  2. The hindmost Weberian ossicle of the Weberian apparatus, touching the anterior wall of the swimbladder and connected by a dense, elongate ligament to the intercalarium.
    Synonyms:
    malleus, malleus Weberi
  3. (obsolete, rare, Cambridge University, capitalised when used as a title) A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony.
    Synonyms:
    tripos, bachelor of the stool, prevaricator, terrae filius[w:Oxford University|Oxford University]]>

Origin of tripodes

From the Latin tripodēs (nominative plural form of tripūs), from the Ancient Greek τρίποδες (trípodes) (nominative plural form of τρίπους (trípous)); compare tripus.

Questions about tripodes

What is tripodes the plural of?
Tripodes is the plural of tripus.
How do you pronounce tripodes?
Tripodes is pronounced /ˈtɹɪpədiːz/ (UK).

Words near tripodes in the dictionary

  1. tripod
  2. tripod grasp
  3. tripod position
  4. tripodal
  5. tripoded
  6. tripodes
  7. Tripodi
  8. tripodial
  9. tripodian
  10. tripodians
  11. tripodic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tripodes (page history and authors); tripus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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