triposn.

Brit.

/ˈtrʌɪpɒs/, U.S.

/ˈtraɪˌpɑs/

Forms: See also tripus n.

Etymology: apparently irregular alteration of Latin tripūs tripod n. and adj., after Greek words in -ος.

†1.

a. A three-legged vessel, seat, or frame: = tripod n. 1, 3, 4 Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

trivet1550

tripod?1611

tripos1624

tripus1699

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

trestlec1440

trest1483

tripos1624

tripod1656

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 33 Thales sent the golden Tripos..to Bias, Bias to Solon, &c.

1698 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 4 For which purpose a Tripos may be best, whose Legs open and shut by Joynts at the Top.

1745 D. E. Baker in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 540 A most curious antique Tripos of Metal.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 27 They were made of thin laminæ of gold—something like the triposes of the ancient Peruvians.

†b. spec. = tripod n. 2. Obsolete.

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

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B Posting from Arcadia to the Tripos where Pithia sate.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. B j What, in the name of prophesie?.. Speake, thou three legd Tripos, is thy shippe of Fooles a flote yet? [perh. sense 2].

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b^v The Inspiration was still upon him, he was ever tearing it upon the Tripos.

1756 J. Kennedy Curiosities of Wilton House (1786) 30 The two Griffins and the Tripos are the Symbols of Apollo.

1779 J. Duché Disc. I. xv. 285 Whatsoever the thrice-great Hermes delivered as oracles from his sacred tripos.

2. Cambridge University. Formerly:

Categories »

a. (With capital initial.) A bachelor of arts appointed to dispute, in a humorous or satirical style, with the candidates for degrees at ‘Commencement’ (corresponding to the terrae filius n. at Oxford): so called from the three-legged stool on which he sat.

Categories »

b. A set of humorous verses, originally composed by the ‘Tripos’, and (till 1894) published at Commencement after his office was abolished (in full, tripos verses: see Compounds 2).

c. The list of candidates qualified for the honour degree in mathematics, originally printed on the back of the paper containing these verses (in full, tripos list: see Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examiner > at universities

regentc1447

moderator1573

moderatrix1577

tripos1660

tripus1670

praeses1761

senate-house examiner1855

opposer1891

1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 68 Mr. Nicholas of Queen's College [Cambr.] (who I knew in my time to be Tripos with great applause).

1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. B. p. lxx The Senior Proctor calleth up the Tripos, and exhorteth him to be witty, but modest withall.

1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. B. p. lxxi The Bedels also are to deliver the Tripos's Verses to the V.C., Noblemen, D^rs etc.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tripos,..the Name which is given at Cambridge, to him that is called the Terræ Filius at Oxford.

1797 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 157 A List of those who have received Honors, on commencing Bachelors of Arts; copied from the Triposes.

1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. App. A. p. x (note) He was called the bachelor of the stool, or tripos, which gave the name to the day: he was generally selected for his skill and readiness in disputation, and was allowed..considerable license of language.

1851 Coll. Life time of James I 89 Thos annual verses which still bear the name of tripos.

d. Hence, in current use: originally. The final honours examination for the B.A. degree in mathematics, consisting of two parts (formerly first and second tripos, now the Mathematical Tripos, Parts I. and II.); later, extended to the subsequently founded final honours examinations in other subjects ( Classical Tripos, Theological Tripos, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations

fellowship examination1787

collections1799

responsions1810

response1813

little go1816

great go1820

Previous Examination1824

school1826

smalls1836

senate-house examination1837

tripos1842

honours examination1851

biennial1853

great1854

moderations1857

Mods1858

professional1890

Trip1909

previous1950

1842 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 27 First Tripos Day. On the Day after Ash-Wednesday, at one o'clock, the bell rings for the first Tripos... The second Tripos is on the Thursday after Midlent Sunday.

1865 Reader 4 Mar. 245/2 The Mathematical and Classical Triposes.

1875 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 234 The Oriental Triposes attract a fair number of Candidates.

1905 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 440 Not only had three new Triposes been established.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

tripos candidate n.

ΚΠ

1904 Expositor Mar. 219 He develops into a Tripos candidate.

tripos lecture n.

ΚΠ

1901 Q. Rev. Apr. 598 His ordinary ‘tripos’ lectures kept strictly to business.

C2.

tripos day n. (a) either of the two days on which the ‘Tripos’ disputed; (b) a day on which a tripos (examination) is held.

ΚΠ

1842Tripos day [see sense 2d].

tripos list n. the list of successful candidates in a tripos.

ΚΠ

1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. 71 (note) The earliest Tripos list which appears in the Cambridge Calendar is for the year 1753.

tripos paper n. †(a) a paper containing the tripos list (obsolete); (b) any one of the papers of questions set in a tripos (examination).

ΚΠ

1818 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. Z. Macaulay (1900) xi. 343 Desirous to return loaded with medals or distinguished on the tripos-paper.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Tripos-paper Tripos day, tripos examination.

tripos speech n. the humorous or satirical speech delivered by the ‘Tripos’.

ΚΠ

1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. xii. vi. 360 He seems to have been suspended from his degree for a tripos speech.

tripos verses n. (see 1b above).

ΚΠ

1828 H. Gunning Ceremonies Univ. Cambr. 84 (note) First Tripos. The Writers of the Tripos Verses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tripos
释义	triposn. Brit. /ˈtrʌɪpɒs/, U.S. /ˈtraɪˌpɑs/ Forms: See also tripus n. Etymology: apparently irregular alteration of Latin tripūs tripod n. and adj., after Greek words in -ος. †1. a. A three-legged vessel, seat, or frame: = tripod n. 1, 3, 4 Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with three feet trivet1550 tripod?1611 tripos1624 tripus1699 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun] > three-legged stool trestlec1440 trest1483 tripos1624 tripod1656 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 33 Thales sent the golden Tripos..to Bias, Bias to Solon, &c. 1698 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 4 For which purpose a Tripos may be best, whose Legs open and shut by Joynts at the Top. 1745 D. E. Baker in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 540 A most curious antique Tripos of Metal. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 27 They were made of thin laminæ of gold—something like the triposes of the ancient Peruvians. †b. spec. = tripod n. 2. Obsolete. 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 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B Posting from Arcadia to the Tripos where Pithia sate. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. B j What, in the name of prophesie?.. Speake, thou three legd Tripos, is thy shippe of Fooles a flote yet? [perh. sense 2]. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b^v The Inspiration was still upon him, he was ever tearing it upon the Tripos. 1756 J. Kennedy Curiosities of Wilton House (1786) 30 The two Griffins and the Tripos are the Symbols of Apollo. 1779 J. Duché Disc. I. xv. 285 Whatsoever the thrice-great Hermes delivered as oracles from his sacred tripos. 2. Cambridge University. Formerly: Categories » a. (With capital initial.) A bachelor of arts appointed to dispute, in a humorous or satirical style, with the candidates for degrees at ‘Commencement’ (corresponding to the terrae filius n. at Oxford): so called from the three-legged stool on which he sat. Categories » b. A set of humorous verses, originally composed by the ‘Tripos’, and (till 1894) published at Commencement after his office was abolished (in full, tripos verses: see Compounds 2). c. The list of candidates qualified for the honour degree in mathematics, originally printed on the back of the paper containing these verses (in full, tripos list: see Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examiner > at universities regentc1447 moderator1573 moderatrix1577 tripos1660 tripus1670 praeses1761 senate-house examiner1855 opposer1891 1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 68 Mr. Nicholas of Queen's College [Cambr.] (who I knew in my time to be Tripos with great applause). 1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. B. p. lxx The Senior Proctor calleth up the Tripos, and exhorteth him to be witty, but modest withall. 1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. B. p. lxxi The Bedels also are to deliver the Tripos's Verses to the V.C., Noblemen, D^rs etc. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tripos,..the Name which is given at Cambridge, to him that is called the Terræ Filius at Oxford. 1797 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 157 A List of those who have received Honors, on commencing Bachelors of Arts; copied from the Triposes. 1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. App. A. p. x (note) He was called the bachelor of the stool, or tripos, which gave the name to the day: he was generally selected for his skill and readiness in disputation, and was allowed..considerable license of language. 1851 Coll. Life time of James I 89 Thos annual verses which still bear the name of tripos. d. Hence, in current use: originally. The final honours examination for the B.A. degree in mathematics, consisting of two parts (formerly first and second tripos, now the Mathematical Tripos, Parts I. and II.); later, extended to the subsequently founded final honours examinations in other subjects ( Classical Tripos, Theological Tripos, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations fellowship examination1787 collections1799 responsions1810 response1813 little go1816 great go1820 Previous Examination1824 school1826 smalls1836 senate-house examination1837 tripos1842 honours examination1851 biennial1853 great1854 moderations1857 Mods1858 professional1890 Trip1909 previous1950 1842 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 27 First Tripos Day. On the Day after Ash-Wednesday, at one o'clock, the bell rings for the first Tripos... The second Tripos is on the Thursday after Midlent Sunday. 1865 Reader 4 Mar. 245/2 The Mathematical and Classical Triposes. 1875 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 234 The Oriental Triposes attract a fair number of Candidates. 1905 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 440 Not only had three new Triposes been established. Compounds C1. General attributive. tripos candidate n. ΚΠ 1904 Expositor Mar. 219 He develops into a Tripos candidate. tripos lecture n. ΚΠ 1901 Q. Rev. Apr. 598 His ordinary ‘tripos’ lectures kept strictly to business. C2. tripos day n. (a) either of the two days on which the ‘Tripos’ disputed; (b) a day on which a tripos (examination) is held. ΚΠ 1842Tripos day [see sense 2d]. tripos list n. the list of successful candidates in a tripos. ΚΠ 1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. 71 (note) The earliest Tripos list which appears in the Cambridge Calendar is for the year 1753. tripos paper n. †(a) a paper containing the tripos list (obsolete); (b) any one of the papers of questions set in a tripos (examination). ΚΠ 1818 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. Z. Macaulay (1900) xi. 343 Desirous to return loaded with medals or distinguished on the tripos-paper. 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Tripos-paper Tripos day, tripos examination. tripos speech n. the humorous or satirical speech delivered by the ‘Tripos’. ΚΠ 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. xii. vi. 360 He seems to have been suspended from his degree for a tripos speech. tripos verses n. (see 1b above). ΚΠ 1828 H. Gunning Ceremonies Univ. Cambr. 84 (note) First Tripos. The Writers of the Tripos Verses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1589
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