tripodn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌɪpɒd/, U.S.

/ˈtraɪˌpɑd/

Forms: Also 1600s trypod, 1600s–1700s tripode.

Etymology: < Latin tripūs, tripod-, < Greek τρίπους, -ποδ- adjective, three-footed, also as noun, < τρι- three + πούς, ποδ- foot.

A. n.

1. Ancient Greek History and Roman History. A three-legged vessel; a pot or cauldron resting on three legs; a similar ornamental vessel, often presented as a prize, or as a votive offering (see also A. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with three feet

trivet1550

tripod?1611

tripos1624

tripus1699

1370 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) III. 130 Item unum tripod ferri.]

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 308 He gaue command to his neare souldiers, To put a Tripod to the fire, to cleanse the festred gore From off the person.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 331 Within the Circle, Arms and Tripods lye; Ingotts of Gold, and Silver, heap'd on high.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 333 A tripod, or a chariot with its steeds.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. ix. 300 In the centre..was a small altar on which stood a tripod of bronze.

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. (1876) iv. 35 The principal type of the coinage of Crotona is the tripod.

2. spec. A vessel of this kind at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi, on which the priestess seated herself to deliver oracles. Hence allusively, the Delphic oracle; any oracle or oracular seat.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle

oraclec1425

oraculumc1450

oratorya1522

oratoura1522

oracler1584

trivet1587

tripos1589

oraclist1603

tripod1603

presagitian1652

responsory1677

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > oracular seat

oraclec1425

trivet1587

tripos1589

tripod1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1356 I will not be affraid to affirme that this reason properly is the Tripode or three footed table as one would say, and Oracle of trueth.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xlv. 109 Pythagoras whom the Tripod [= oracle of Apollo] pronounc'd the wisest man.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 99 Dr. Price, in whom the fumes of his oracular tripod were not entirely evaporated.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) V. xliii. 271 He compelled the prophetess by threats to mount the tripod, and pronounce a declaration.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 4 He [the comparative philologist] is ready to take his seat on the tripod.

3. A seat, table, or other similar structure with three legs; esp. a three-legged stool.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun] > three-legged stool

trestlec1440

trest1483

tripos1624

tripod1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tripode (tripodium), a three footed stool, any thing that hath three feet.

1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋3 Three legs is a joint-stool, called in the Sphinx's country a tripode.

1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 193 A friendly tripod forms their humble Seat.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 2 Each must stand on his glass tripod, if he would keep his electricity.

1887 J. Nicholson Beacons E. Yorksh. 13 (note) The brandrith is literally an iron tripod.

4. A three-legged support of any kind; esp. a frame or stand with three (diverging) legs, usually hinged at the top, for supporting a camera, compass, or other apparatus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a stand or support to raise from the ground > with three legs

trivet1526

trefoot1559

three-legged staff1701

staff1728

trestle1790

tripod1825

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > stands

unipod1874

tripod1893

high hat1930

pod1963

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 185 A sort of tripod, having a flat ring of brass for its upper, and another for its lower part.

1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 15 Cameras..intended to be used whilst supported on a tripod, and designated ‘stand-cameras’.

5. tripod of life, vital tripod (figurative): see quot.

ΚΠ

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 1 The heart, lungs, and brain constitute, according to the happy expression of Bordeu, the tripod of life.

1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 930/1 Tripod, Vital.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) i. 19.

6. Anatomy and Zoology.

a. A bone or other structure with three processes; a tripodal bone, etc.

ΚΠ

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The premaxillary bone of birds is a tripod.

b. A sponge-spicule with three equal rays ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).

ΚΠ

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 883 Plectellaria, without shell,..or with an incomplete one, either a basal tripod without ring,..or a sagittal ring usually without tripod.

B. adj.

1. Having or resting upon three feet or legs; three-footed, three-legged; of the form of a tripod. tripod race (quot. 1870), a three-legged adj. race.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs

three-footedc1000

three-foot1600

three-leggeda1616

tripodical1656

tripedal1658

tripod1720

tripodal1774

tripodial1845

quadrupedal1864–5

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 50 Th' attending Heralds,..With kindled Flames the Tripod-Vase surround.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 373 I found many Badjoo boats,..all of them having the tripod mast.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. i. 17 A tripod lamp, that stood on the stairs.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. iv. 70 A cedar bagatelle board..on silver tripod stand.

1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. July (Suppl.) 9/2 Tripod race.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tripod jack, a screw-jack supported on three legs, connected to a common base-plate.

1939 Oxoniensia 4 101 Thirty-seven base and body fragments of tripod pitcher..buff ware, uniform in colour throughout, fairly well fired and hard.

1963 E. M. Jope in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment xiii. 342 Regional styles are still discernible among these glazed jugs, such as the tripod-pitchers of the twelfth century.

2. ? Uttered as from the tripod, oracular; or ? three feet long (figurative: cf. sesquipedalian adj. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > using words of many syllables > of words: having many syllables

sesquipedal1611

foot-and-half-foot1616

sesquipedalian1656

tripod1798

crink-crank1865

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xiii. 408 He may be taught with much care and cost to speak tripod sentences.

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. vii. 138 Some papers of ‘The Rambler’..I liked not at all; its tripod sentences tired my ear.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tripod-head, tripod-leg, tripod-top; tripod-covering, tripod-mounted adjs.

ΚΠ

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 173 Pythons Trypod-couering hide.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xii. 257 Playfully drumming the frail crest with our tripod legs.

1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 160 A few duplicate screws for camera and tripod head..will be of much use.

1893 Photogr. Ann. 40 There is no tripod-top screw to lose.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 A tripod-mounted gun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tripod
释义	tripodn.adj. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪpɒd/, U.S. /ˈtraɪˌpɑd/ Forms: Also 1600s trypod, 1600s–1700s tripode. Etymology: < Latin tripūs, tripod-, < Greek τρίπους, -ποδ- adjective, three-footed, also as noun, < τρι- three + πούς, ποδ- foot. A. n. 1. Ancient Greek History and Roman History. A three-legged vessel; a pot or cauldron resting on three legs; a similar ornamental vessel, often presented as a prize, or as a votive offering (see also A. 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with three feet trivet1550 tripod?1611 tripos1624 tripus1699 1370 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) III. 130 Item unum tripod ferri.] ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 308 He gaue command to his neare souldiers, To put a Tripod to the fire, to cleanse the festred gore From off the person. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 331 Within the Circle, Arms and Tripods lye; Ingotts of Gold, and Silver, heap'd on high. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 333 A tripod, or a chariot with its steeds. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. ix. 300 In the centre..was a small altar on which stood a tripod of bronze. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. (1876) iv. 35 The principal type of the coinage of Crotona is the tripod. 2. spec. A vessel of this kind at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi, on which the priestess seated herself to deliver oracles. Hence allusively, the Delphic oracle; any oracle or oracular seat. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle oraclec1425 oraculumc1450 oratorya1522 oratoura1522 oracler1584 trivet1587 tripos1589 oraclist1603 tripod1603 presagitian1652 responsory1677 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > oracular seat oraclec1425 trivet1587 tripos1589 tripod1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1356 I will not be affraid to affirme that this reason properly is the Tripode or three footed table as one would say, and Oracle of trueth. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xlv. 109 Pythagoras whom the Tripod [= oracle of Apollo] pronounc'd the wisest man. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 99 Dr. Price, in whom the fumes of his oracular tripod were not entirely evaporated. View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) V. xliii. 271 He compelled the prophetess by threats to mount the tripod, and pronounce a declaration. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 4 He [the comparative philologist] is ready to take his seat on the tripod. 3. A seat, table, or other similar structure with three legs; esp. a three-legged stool. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun] > three-legged stool trestlec1440 trest1483 tripos1624 tripod1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tripode (tripodium), a three footed stool, any thing that hath three feet. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋3 Three legs is a joint-stool, called in the Sphinx's country a tripode. 1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 193 A friendly tripod forms their humble Seat. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 2 Each must stand on his glass tripod, if he would keep his electricity. 1887 J. Nicholson Beacons E. Yorksh. 13 (note) The brandrith is literally an iron tripod. 4. A three-legged support of any kind; esp. a frame or stand with three (diverging) legs, usually hinged at the top, for supporting a camera, compass, or other apparatus. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a stand or support to raise from the ground > with three legs trivet1526 trefoot1559 three-legged staff1701 staff1728 trestle1790 tripod1825 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > stands unipod1874 tripod1893 high hat1930 pod1963 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 185 A sort of tripod, having a flat ring of brass for its upper, and another for its lower part. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 15 Cameras..intended to be used whilst supported on a tripod, and designated ‘stand-cameras’. 5. tripod of life, vital tripod (figurative): see quot. ΚΠ 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 1 The heart, lungs, and brain constitute, according to the happy expression of Bordeu, the tripod of life. 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 930/1 Tripod, Vital. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) i. 19. 6. Anatomy and Zoology. a. A bone or other structure with three processes; a tripodal bone, etc. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The premaxillary bone of birds is a tripod. b. A sponge-spicule with three equal rays ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). ΚΠ 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 883 Plectellaria, without shell,..or with an incomplete one, either a basal tripod without ring,..or a sagittal ring usually without tripod. B. adj. 1. Having or resting upon three feet or legs; three-footed, three-legged; of the form of a tripod. tripod race (quot. 1870), a three-legged adj. race. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs three-footedc1000 three-foot1600 three-leggeda1616 tripodical1656 tripedal1658 tripod1720 tripodal1774 tripodial1845 quadrupedal1864–5 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 50 Th' attending Heralds,..With kindled Flames the Tripod-Vase surround. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 373 I found many Badjoo boats,..all of them having the tripod mast. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. i. 17 A tripod lamp, that stood on the stairs. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. iv. 70 A cedar bagatelle board..on silver tripod stand. 1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. July (Suppl.) 9/2 Tripod race. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tripod jack, a screw-jack supported on three legs, connected to a common base-plate. 1939 Oxoniensia 4 101 Thirty-seven base and body fragments of tripod pitcher..buff ware, uniform in colour throughout, fairly well fired and hard. 1963 E. M. Jope in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment xiii. 342 Regional styles are still discernible among these glazed jugs, such as the tripod-pitchers of the twelfth century. 2. ? Uttered as from the tripod, oracular; or ? three feet long (figurative: cf. sesquipedalian adj. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > using words of many syllables > of words: having many syllables sesquipedal1611 foot-and-half-foot1616 sesquipedalian1656 tripod1798 crink-crank1865 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xiii. 408 He may be taught with much care and cost to speak tripod sentences. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. vii. 138 Some papers of ‘The Rambler’..I liked not at all; its tripod sentences tired my ear. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tripod-head, tripod-leg, tripod-top; tripod-covering, tripod-mounted adjs. ΚΠ 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 173 Pythons Trypod-couering hide. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xii. 257 Playfully drumming the frail crest with our tripod legs. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 160 A few duplicate screws for camera and tripod head..will be of much use. 1893 Photogr. Ann. 40 There is no tripod-top screw to lose. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 A tripod-mounted gun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1603
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