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tripus

/ˈtɹaɪpəs/

tripus noun: 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.

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]]>

tripus meaning in Tamil

tripus in Tamil

முப்பாத ஒட்டிய விரட்டைத் திரிபுரு

Synonyms of tripus

Forms of tripus

pluraltripodes

Origin of tripus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tripūs, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); doublet of tripod, tripos, and teapoy. In the sense associated with Cambridge University, the Tripus is named after the three-legged stool on which he sat during the degree-awarding ceremony.

Words that rhyme with tripus

Questions about tripus

What does tripus mean?
Tripus means 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.
What is tripus in Tamil?
Tripus in Tamil is முப்பாத ஒட்டிய விரட்டைத் திரிபுரு. See Tripus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tripus?
Tripus is a noun.
How do you pronounce tripus?
Tripus is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪpəs/.
What is the plural of tripus?
The plural of tripus is tripodes.

Words near tripus in the dictionary

  1. Tripura
  2. Tripuraneni
  3. Tripuranenis
  4. Tripuri
  5. Tripuris
  6. tripus
  7. tripwire
  8. tripwired
  9. tripwires
  10. tripwiring
  11. tripy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tripus (page history and authors); tripus (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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