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            "lemma": "κύβος",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ου (ὁ) :<br\/>   I<\/b> <i>t. de math. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> cube, <i>figure hexaèdre,<\/i> T. LOCR. <i>98<\/i> c ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> cube, <i>valeur numérique (par ex. 27, cube de 3<\/i>) PLAT. <i>Rsp. 528<\/i> b ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> objets en forme de cube :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> dé à jouer marqué sur les six côtés, <i>p. opp. à l’<\/i>ἀστράγαλος, <i>marqué seul. de quatre côtés,<\/i> HDT. <i>1, 94 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 604<\/i> c ; <i>fig<\/i>. ἀεὶ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύϐοι, SOPH. <i>fr. 763,<\/i> les dés de Zeus tombent toujours bien, <i>càd<\/i>. la volonté de Zeus n’est exposée à aucun hasard ; κρίνειν τι ἐν κύϐοις, ESCHL. <i>Sept. 414,<\/i> décider qqe ch. sur un coup de dé, <i>càd<\/i>. au hasard ; ἀνερρίφθω κύϐος, PLUT. <i>Cæs. 32 (lat<\/i>. jacta esto alea) que le dé en soit jeté ! ἔσχατον κύϐον ἀφιέναι, PLUT. <i>Cor. 3,<\/i> jeter son dernier dé, <i>càd<\/i>. courir sa dernière chance ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>particul<\/i>. coup d’as au jeu de dés, ESCHL. <i>fr. 132 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 968<\/i> e, <i>etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>au pl<\/i>. κύϐοι, HERMIPP. (SCH.-AR. <i>Vesp. 672<\/i>) lieu où l’on joue aux dés ;<br\/><b>      4<\/b> pain carré, HÉRACLIDE SYR. (ATH. <i>114<\/i> a) ;<br\/><b>      5<\/b> tranche de poisson salé, ALEX. (ATH. <i>324<\/i> c) ;<br\/><b>      6<\/b> vertèbre du cou <i>ou<\/i> des reins, RHIAN. (POLL. <i>2, 180<\/i>) ;<br\/><b>      7<\/b> cavité iliaque du mouton, SIMARIST. (ATH. <i>399<\/i> b).<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ κῦϐος <font color='purple'>[ῡ]<\/font> ANTH. <i>14, 8<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>p.-ê. pré-grec<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "[ῠ, v. sub fin.], ὁ, <b>cube<\/b>, Ti.Locr. 98c; esp.<br\/><b>cubical die<\/b>, marked on all six sides, mostly in pl., <b>dice<\/b>, Hdt. 1.94, etc. ; κύβων βολαί S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 429; ἐν πτώσει κύβων Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 604c; περὶ κύβους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιούμενοι Lys. 16.11; <b><i>prov.<\/i>, ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κ.<\/b>, i.e. God΄s work is no mere chance, S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 895; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ A. <i>Th.<\/i> 414; ἄλλα βλήματ’ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν E. <i>Supp.<\/i> 330; ψυχὴν προβάλλοντ’ ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος Id. <i>Rh.<\/i> 183; later in sg., οἶδ’ ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς… ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς <i>AP<\/i> 5.24 (Phld.); τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον Plu. <i>Fab.<\/i> 14, cf. Luc. <i>Pr. Im.<\/i> 16; ἐφ’ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀναρρίπτειν τὸν κ. Id. <i>Harm.<\/i> 3; ἀνερρίφθω κ., Lat. <b>jacta esto alea<\/b>, Men. 65.4, Plu. <i>Caes.<\/i> 32; ἔσχατον κύβον ἀφιέναι try one΄s luck for the last time, Id. <i>Cor.<\/i> 3. of the single <b>pips on the dice<\/b>, βέβληκ’ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two <b>aces<\/b> and a four, E. <i>Fr.<\/i> 888; <b><i>prov.<\/i>, τρὶς ἓξ… ἢ τρεῖς κύβους βάλλειν ΄all or nothing΄<\/b>, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 968e, cf. Pherecr. 124. in pl., <b>gaming-table<\/b>, Hermipp. 27.<br\/><b>cubic number<\/b>, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 528b, Arist. <i>APo.<\/i> 76b8.<br\/><b>anything of cubic shape; vertebra<\/b>, Rhian. 57.<br\/><b>block<\/b> of stone, PCair. Zen. 276 (iii BC); of wood, IG2². 463.57, 7.3073.187 (Lebad., ii BC).<br\/><b>piece of salt fish<\/b>, Alex. 187.4. kind of <b>cubic cake<\/b>, Eup. 424, Heraclid. ap. Ath. 3.114a.<br\/><b>hollow above the hips<\/b> of cattle, Simaristus <i>ib.<\/i> 9.399b.<br\/><b>part of an irrigation-machine<\/b>, BGU 1546 (iii BC), PLond. 3.1177.216 (ii AD). [κῦβος only in late Poets, <i>AP<\/i> 14.8; <b>coebus<\/b> Aus. Idyll. 11.3.]"
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ὁ,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>cubus, Würfel<\/i> ; bes.<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>der Würfel zum Würfelspiel<\/i>, welcher auf allen sechs Seiten bezeichnet ist (der ἀστράγαλος war nur auf vier Seiten bezeichnet); Her. 1.94 ; ἐν πτώσει κύβων Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. X.404c ; Sp. – Auch die mit Eins bezeichnete Sein des Würfels, ἢ τρὶς ἓξ ἢ τρεῖς κύβους βάλλοντες Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. XII.968e, vgl. Aesch. frg. 130 u. Poll. 9.95. – Κύβον ἀναρρίπτειν wird oft übertragen gebraucht, <i>den Würfel werfen, wagen, aufs Spiel setzen<\/i> ; ἀπειρίᾳ καὶ θρασύτητι τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον Plut. <i>Fab<\/i>. 14 ; ἔσχατον κύβον ἀφιέναι, <i>sein Glück zum letzten Male versuchen, Coriol<\/i>. 3 ; so auch a.Sp.; πάντα κύβον ῥιπτῶ κεφαλῆς αἰὲν ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς Philodem. 16 (V.25); δεδογμένον τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, <i>alea jacta esto, es sei gewagt<\/i>, Ath. XIII.559e ; Plut. <i>Caes<\/i>. 32 u. A. – Aehnl. ἔργον δ' ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ, Ares wird entscheiden, Aesch. <i>Spt<\/i>. 396 ; ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι Soph. frg. 763 ; ψυχὴν προβάλλοντ' ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος Eur. <i>Rhes<\/i>. 182. – Κύβοι, <i>der Ort, wo man Würfe spielt<\/i>, Hermipp. bei <i>Schol. Ar. Vesp<\/i>. 672, s. <font color='green'>Meineke<\/font><br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>ein kubischer Körper<\/i> ; Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. VII.528b ; Math.; <i>Kubikzahl<\/i>. – Auch von anderen Dingen ; <i>kubische Brote<\/i>, Ath. III.114a ; <i>Stücke gesalzener Fische<\/i>, Alexis bei Ath. VII.324c.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>die Höhlung vor der Hüfte beim Vieh<\/i>, Ath. IX.399a.<br\/>[Κῦβος steht <i>Ep.adesp<\/i>. 454b (XIV.8).]"
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                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. Lat. <i>cubus<\/i>, a cube: a cubical die, marked on all 6 sides (whereas the ἀστράγαλος was marked only on four sides), in <i>plural<\/i>, <b>dice <\/b>, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; the Greeks threw with <b>three <\/b> dice, so that τρὶς ἕξ, three sixes, was the highest throw, (Aeschulus Tragicus); κρίνειν τι ἐν κύβοις to decide it by <b>the dice <\/b>, by <b>chance <\/b>, (Aeschulus Tragicus) <br\/>2. also of the single <b>pips on the dice <\/b>, βέβληκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two <b>aces <\/b> and a four, (Aeschulus Tragicus) quoted in (Aristophanes Comicus) <br\/>3. <b>a cubic number <\/b>, i. e. a number multiplied twice into itself, as 27 is the cube of 3, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)"
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