Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόκυβος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόκυβος φιλόκυβον

Structure: φιλοκυβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of dice

Examples

  • Ἀμυνίασ μὲν ὁ Προνάπουσ φήσ’ οὑτοσὶ εἶναι φιλόκυβον αὐτόν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. fond of dice

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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