(anap.);ἄπυροι τ. tripodsuntouched by fire, i.e. new, unused, Il. 9.122 , cf. Paus. 4.32.1 ; used asκρατῆρες,
Semus l. c., Phylarch. 44J. ; given as prizes, Il. 11.700 , 23.264 , al.; as gifts of honour, 8.290 , Od. 13.13 ; in Crete used as currency, GDI 4969.130 ; placed as votive gifts in temples, esp. in that of Apollo at Delphi, Th. 1.132 , SIG 697
L 3 (Delph.,ii B. C.), etc.; ἡ τοῦ τ. ἀνάθεσις
Lys. 21.2
; these were then calledτ. ἀναθηματικοί, Δελφικοί,
Apollon. Lex. ; a street at Athens adorned with these gifts was calledοἱ Τρίποδες,
Paus. 1.20.1 ; or they were preserved in private houses, Pi. I. 1.19 ; they were mostly of bronze, Paus. 4.12.8 , but sts. of precious metals, even of gold, Pi. P. 11.4 , Hdt. 9.81 , Ar. Pl. 9 , Paus. 10.13.9 ; sts. of wood, ξύλινοι τ.
Id. 4.12.8
; from atripodthe Delphic Priestess delivered her oracles, E. Ion 91 (anap.), Or. 164 (lyr.), Orac. ap. Ar. Eq. 1016 , etc.: metaph.,ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τ. τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται [ὁ ποιητής] Pl. Lg. 719c : prov.,ἐκ τρίποδος λέγειν,i. e. authoritatively, Ath. 2.37f ;τὰ ἀπὸ τ., τὰ ἐκ τ.,
Zen. 6.3 , Diogenian. 8.21 , cf. Plu. Dem. 29 .
b. Τρίπους,name of a work by Nausiphanes, D.L. 10.14 ; of a work by Glaucias the Empiric, Gal. Subf.Emp. p.63B.
2. as a landmark, SIG 826
E 13.23 (Delph.,ii B. C.), 827
D 15 (ibid.,ii A.D.).
3. three-legged table,
X. An. 7.3.21 , Plu. Cleom. 13 ;κύκλος τρίποδοςthe circular top of . . , Artem. 5.20 , cf. 1.74 .
4. a kind ofear-ring,
Poll. 5.97 .
5. a musical instrument, described by Artemoap. Ath. 14.637b . (The oldest nom. of stemτριποδ-is prob.τρίπος(q. v.), which comes fromτριποδ-ςbut was later regarded as ano-stem.)
