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κύβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 수학 해부학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύβος κύβου

Structure: κυβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. square, cube
  2. die, dice
  3. chance
  4. (mathematics) cube, cubic number
  5. (anatomy) vertebra; hollow above the hip of cattle

Declension

Second 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.

Examples

  • εἷτα οἱ μὲν ἀπέρχονται λῃστεύοντεσ ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ τοὺσ φίλουσ, οἱ δέ σοί τε λοιδοροῦνται, οὐδὲν δέον, καὶ τοὺσ κύβουσ συντρίβουσιν ἀναιτίουσ ὄντασ αὐτοῖσ ὧν ἑκόντεσ ποιοῦσιν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 8:12)
  • ^ Οὔκ, ἀλλὰ χρυσίον τουτὶ καὶ μύρον καὶ μαχαίριον κουρευτικὸν ^ καὶ κάτοπτρον καὶ κύβουσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 45:4)
  • ὅταν δὲ ἐμβάλῃ τοὺσ κύβουσ, ὁ ἄρχων τὴν φυλὴν κληροῖ κατὰ κληρωτήριον. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 64 3:1)
  • ἐπειδὰν δ’ ἐξαιρῇ τοὺσ κύβουσ, καλεῖ τοὺσ εἰληχότασ ὁ κήρυξ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 64 3:5)
  • λαχόντεσ δὲ τῶν θεσμοθετῶν δύο χωρὶσ ἑκατέρων τοὺσ κύβουσ ἐμβάλλουσιν, ὁ μὲν τὰ χρώματα εἰσ τὸ ἓν κληρωτήριον, ὁ δὲ τῶν ἀρχῶν τὰ ὀνόματα εἰσ τὸ ἕτερον. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 66 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. die

  2. chance

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