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