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1 κύβος
A cube, Ti.Locr.98c; esp. cubical die, marked on all six sides, mostly in pl., dice, Hdt.1.94, etc.;κύβων βολαί S. Fr. 429
;ἐν πτώσει κύβων Pl.R. 604c
;περὶ κύβους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιούμενοι Lys.16.11
: prov., ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κ., i.e. God's work is no mere chance, S.Fr. 895; ;ἄλλα βλήματ' ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν E.Supp. 330
; : later in sg.,οἶδ' ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς.. ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς AP5.24
(Phld.);τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον Plu.Fab.14
, cf. Luc.Pr.Im.16;ἐφ' ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀναρρίπτειν τὸν κ. Id.Harm.3
; ἀνερρίφθω κ., Lat. jacta esto alea, Men.65.4, Plu.Caes. 32; ἔσχατον κύβον ἀφιέναι try one's luck for the last time, Id.Cor. 3.2 of the single pips on the dice, βέβληκ' Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two aces and a four, E.Fr. 888: prov., τρὶς ἓξ.. ἢ τρεῖς κύβους βάλλειν 'all or nothing', Pl.Lg. 968e, cf. Pherecr. 124.3 in pl., gaming-table, Hermipp.27.4 kind of cubic cake, Eup.424, Heraclid. ap. Ath.3.114a.6 part of an irrigation-machine, BGU 1546 (iii B.C.), PLond.3.1177.216 (ii A.D.). [ κῦβος only in late Poets, AP14.8; coebus Aus.Idyll.11.3.] -
2 κύβος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `dice' (IA.), also of the eyes of the dice (E., Pl.) and the gaming table (Hermipp. 27, pl.); metaph. of dice-like objects, `cubus' (Ti. Lokr.), `cubic number' (Pl., Arist.), `dice-like stone-, wood-block' (hell. pap. a. inscr.), `cake, piece of salted fish' (com.); also `vertebra' (Rhian. 57; after ἀστράγαλος) and `hollow above the hip of cattle' (Ath. 9, 399b).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. φιλό-κυβος `who loves the dice' (Ar., Arist.).Derivatives: 1. κύβιον `in the form of κύβοι salted fish' (com., pap.) with κυβιάριον name of a belonging pot (pap) 2. κυβίας `kind of tunny' (Opp.; on the formation Chantr. Formation 94). 3. κυβοστόν n. name of a fraction (Dioph.; after εἰκοστόν etc.). 4. κυβεών m. `gambling house' (Tz.). 5. κυβικός `quadrangular' (Pl., Arist.). Denomin. verbs: 1. κυβεύω `dice, gamble' (Att.), also `deceive' (Arr.), with κυβεία `dice', κυβευ-τής `dicer', - τικός, - τήριον (Att.). 2. κυβίζω `raise to the cube' (Hero) with κυβισμός ( Theol. Ar.). 3. κυβᾳ̃ H. as explanation of πεττεύει.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The names vary from language to language and are often loans (Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 423). Also κύβος will be a foreign word (Schwyzer 458); after Hdt. 1, 94 the Lydians claimed to have invented the game. Lat. LW [loanword] cubus. - Because of the incidental meaning `hollow above the hip of cattle' κύβος was with wrong idea of the development of the meaning connected with Germ., e.g. Goth. hups `hip' (Lat. cubitus `elbow'), Bq, WP. 1, 373f., Pok. 589f., W.-Hofmann s. cubitus; rejected by Kretschmer KZ 55, 89). - On κύβος = τρύβλιον (Paph., H.) cf. the words s. κύπελλον.Page in Frisk: 2,39-40Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κύβος
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