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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

  • οἱ δὲ ἔμπαλιν γυμνοὶ ἐξενήξαντο συντριβέντοσ αὐτοῖσ τοῦ σκάφουσ περὶ οὕτω μικρῷ ἑρ́ματι τῷ κύβῳ. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 4:3)
  • βέβληκ’ Ἀχιλλεὺσ δύο κύβω καὶ τέτταρα. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, trochees 1:26)
  • αἰνέομεν δὴ κεῖνον, ὃσ ἐν βιότῳ τε κύβῳ τε χάρματι καὶ λύπῃ μέτρον ἐφηρμόσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 768 1:1)
  • 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

  1. die

  2. chance

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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