three cubits long; tall
Ancient Greek word, found 25 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 1.51.5: … μα πολλὰ ἀπέπεμψε ἅμα τούτοισι ὁ Κροῖσος, καὶ χεύματα ἀργύρεα κυκλοτερέα, καὶ δὴ καὶ γυναικὸς εἴδωλον χρύσεον τρίπηχυ, τὸ Δελφοὶ τῆς ἀρτοκόπου τῆς Κροίσου εἰκόνα λέγουσι εἶναι. πρὸς δὲ καὶ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικὸς τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δειρῆς …
Euripides, Cyclops 235: κλῳῷ τριπήχει, κᾆτα τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν μέσον
Hesiod, Works and Days 423: ὄλμον μὲν τριπόδην τάμνειν, ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν,
All forms of τρίπηχυς