"tripus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹaɪpəs/ Forms: tripodes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪpəs Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tripūs, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); doublet of tripod, tripos, and teapoy. In the sense associated with Cambridge University, the Tripus is named after the three-legged stool on which he sat during the degree-awarding ceremony. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Unadapted borrowing}} Unadapted borrowing, {{bor|en|la|tripūs}} Latin tripūs, {{der|en|grc|τρίπους}} Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous), {{doublet|en|tripod|tripos|teapoy|nocap=1}} doublet of tripod, tripos, and teapoy Head templates: {{en-noun|tripodes}} tripus (plural tripodes)
  1. (historical, rare) A vessel (usually a pot or cauldron) resting on three legs, often given as an ornament, a prize, or as an offering at a shrine to a god or oracle; often specifically, that such vessel upon which the priestess sat to deliver her oracles at the shrine to Apollo at Delphi. Tags: historical, rare Synonyms: tripod
    Sense id: en-tripus-en-noun-rSQ1DYJC
  2. (zoology, in cypriniform fishes) The hindmost Weberian ossicle of the Weberian apparatus, touching the anterior wall of the swimbladder and connected by a dense, elongate ligament to the intercalarium. Synonyms: malleus, malleus Weberi
    Sense id: en-tripus-en-noun-y3UQVkgw Categories (other): Zoology Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (Cambridge University, obsolete, rare, capitalised when used as a title) A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony. Tags: obsolete, rare Synonyms: tripos, bachelor of the stool, prevaricator, terrae filius[w:Oxford University|Oxford University]]>
    Sense id: en-tripus-en-noun-yhKo62ql Categories (other): Cambridge University English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 27 55 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 22 52 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 23 54 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 24 56 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 22 52 4 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 17 24 59 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 17 24 60

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