Tripodes

//ˈtɹɪpədiːz// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tripus form-of, plural

    "THE Poet here ſeems to have regarded two or three Paſſages in the 18th Iliad, as that in particular, where, ſpeaking of Vulcan, Homer ſays, that he had made twenty Tripodes, running on Golden Wheels; which, upon occaſion, might go of themſelves to the Aſſembly of the Gods, and, when there was no more Uſe for them, return again after the ſame manner."

Etymology

From the Latin tripodēs (nominative plural form of tripūs), from the Ancient Greek τρίποδες (trípodes) (nominative plural form of τρίπους (trípous)); compare tripus.

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