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tripus

/ˈtɹaɪpəs/

Rhymes with -aɪpəs

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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.

noun tripodes

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.
Similar: tripod
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.
Similar: malleus, malleus Weberi
obsolete, rare A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony.
Similar: tripos, bachelor of the stool, prevaricator, terrae filius[w:Oxford University|Oxford University]]>

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@misc{tripus_2026,
  title = {tripus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tripus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}