κύβος

kubosNoun (Masculine)G8115

a cube

Full Lexicon Entry

1.Lat. cubus, a cube: a cubical die, marked on all 6 sides (whereas the *ἀστράγαλος *was marked only on four sides), in plural, dice, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; the Greeks threw with three dice, so that τρὶς ἕξ, three sixes, was the highest throw, (Aeschulus Tragicus); *κρίνειν τι ἐν κύβοις *to decide it by the dice, by chance, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
2.also of the single pips on the dice, *βέβληκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα *he has thrown two aces and a four, (Aeschulus Tragicus) quoted in (Aristophanes Comicus)
3.a cubic number, i. e. a number multiplied twice into itself, as 27 is the cube of 3, (Plato Philosophus)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology G:N-M

DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine

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