κύβας
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κύβας
κύβου
Structure:
κυβ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Sense
- Hesychius defines the word as σορός (sorós, “vessel”) (συρός (surós) in some codices)
- a vessel for holding
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- Οὐ μικρὰ ὅλωσ οὐδὲ παντάπασιν εὐκαταφρόνητα ὡσ πρὸσ τὴν δύναμιν ἐξετάζεσθαι τῆσ συμπάσησ ἀρχῆσ, εἰ μή σοί γε μικρὸν δοκεῖ τὸ νικᾶν κυβεύοντα καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἐσ τὴν μονάδα κυλιομένου τοῦ κύβου σοὶ τὴν ἑξάδα ὑπεράνω ἀεὶ φαίνεσθαι· (Lucian, Saturnalia, 4:1)
- ἄριστ’ ἀπαλλάττεισ ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ κύβου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 51 1:1)
- εὔλογον τὰ γὰρ ξδ’ καὶ κύβοσ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ πρώτου τετραγώνου καὶ τετράγωνοσ ἀπὸ πρώτου κύβου· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 16 16:1)
- Πυθαγόρασ, πέντε σχημάτων ὄντων στερεῶν, ἅπερ καλεῖται καὶ μαθηματικά, ἐκ μὲν τοῦ κύβου φησὶ γεγονέναι τὴν γῆν, ἐκ δὲ τῆσ πυραμίδοσ τὸ πῦρ , ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὀκταέδρου τὸν ἀέρα, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ εἰκοσαέδρου τὸ ὕδωρ, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ δωδεκαέδρου τὴν τοῦ παντὸσ σφαῖραν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 4:1)
- ὥστ’ εἰ μηδ’ ἐν τῷ λίθῳ Ἑρμῆσ, οὐδὲ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ κύβου ἐν τῷ κύβῳ οὕτωσ ὡσ ἀφωρισμένον· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 3 149:2)
Synonyms
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Hesychius defines the word as σορός
-
a vessel for holding
