"κύβος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ký.bos/, /ˈcy.βos/, /ˈci.vos/, /ký.bos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈky.bos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcy.βos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcy.vos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈci.vos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Difficult to trace. The word passed to and from a number of languages (compare Latin cubus (“mass, quantity; cube”)). Often thought to be derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewbh₂- (“to lie down (actively)”), reconstructed in LIV based on Latin cubō (“to lie down (passively)”) and some other verb forms. Compare Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”) and Latin cubitus (“elbow”), and (formally unrelated) Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “astragalus bone, knucklebone; dice (made from a knucklebone)”) for the semantic connection between “vertebra, bone (of an animal)” and “die, dice”. Animal bones were historically used as playing dice. According to Beekes, words for dice are often loans and the Lydians claimed to have invented the game of κύβος (kúbos), suggesting a possible loan from Lydian. Appears to have no relation to Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). Etymology templates: {{cog|la|cubus|t=mass, quantity; cube}} Latin cubus (“mass, quantity; cube”), {{cog|ine-pro|*kewbh₂-|t=to lie down (actively)}} Proto-Indo-European *kewbh₂- (“to lie down (actively)”), {{cog|la|cubō|t=to lie down (passively)}} Latin cubō (“to lie down (passively)”), {{cog|gem-pro|*hupiz|t=hip}} Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”), {{cog|la|cubitus|t=elbow}} Latin cubitus (“elbow”), {{noncog|grc|ἀστράγαλος|t=astragalus bone, knucklebone; dice (made from a knucklebone)}} Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “astragalus bone, knucklebone; dice (made from a knucklebone)”), {{der|grc|xld|-}} Lydian Head templates: {{grc-noun|κύβου|m|second}} κύβος • (kúbos) m (genitive κύβου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κῠ́βος|κῠ́βου|form=m}}, {{grc-decl|κῦβος|κῡ́βου|dial=koi|form=m}} Forms: kúbos [romanization], κύβου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κῠ́βος [nominative, singular], τὼ κῠ́βω [dual, nominative], οἱ κῠ́βοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κῠ́βου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κῠ́βοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κῠ́βων [genitive, plural], τῷ κῠ́βῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κῠ́βοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κῠ́βοις [dative, plural], τὸν κῠ́βον [accusative, singular], τὼ κῠ́βω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κῠ́βους [accusative, plural], κῠ́βε [singular, vocative], κῠ́βω [dual, vocative], κῠ́βοι [plural, vocative], declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κῦβος [nominative, singular], τὼ κῡ́βω [dual, nominative], οἱ κῦβοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κῡ́βου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κῡ́βοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κῡ́βων [genitive, plural], τῷ κῡ́βῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κῡ́βοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κῡ́βοις [dative, plural], τὸν κῦβον [accusative, singular], τὼ κῡ́βω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κῡ́βους [accusative, plural], κῦβε [singular, vocative], κῡ́βω [dual, vocative], κῦβοι [plural, vocative]
  1. (geometry) square Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-S6Po43Zf Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 10 4 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (geometry) cube Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-TzxBcqT- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 10 4 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. die, dice
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-9glPI9lO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18
  4. chance
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-bLCf5yo0
  5. (mathematics) cube, cubic number Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-u~lHORKi Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 10 4 23 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 20 12 6 25 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 19 19 12 6 24 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. (anatomy) vertebra; hollow above the hip of cattle Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-κύβος-grc-noun-thiSp1LA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 10 4 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 11 4 19 18 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κυβικός (kubikós)
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          "text": "τέλος δὲ μετὰ θυμοῦ τινος ὥσπερ ἀφεὶς ἑαυτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λογισμοῦ πρὸς τὸ μέλλον, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ κοινὸν τοῖς εἰς τύχας ἐμβαίνουσιν ἀπόρους καὶ τόλμας προοίμιον ὑπειπὼν, “Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος,” ὥρμησε πρὸς τὴν διάβασιν καὶ δρόμῳ τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη χρώμενος εἰσέπεσε πρὸ ἡμέρας εἰς τὸ Ἀρίμινον καὶ κατέσχε.\ntélos dè metà thumoû tinos hṓsper apheìs heautòn ek toû logismoû pròs tò méllon, kaì toûto dḕ tò koinòn toîs eis túkhas embaínousin apórous kaì tólmas prooímion hupeipṑn, “Anerrhíphthō kúbos,” hṓrmēse pròs tḕn diábasin kaì drómōi tò loipòn ḗdē khrṓmenos eisépese prò hēméras eis tò Aríminon kaì katéskhe.\n1919 translation by Bernadotte Perrin\nBut finally, with a sort of passion, as if abandoning calculation and casting himself upon the future, and uttering the phrase with which men usually prelude their plunge into desperate and daring fortunes, “Let the die be cast,” he hastened to cross the river; and going at full speed now for the rest of the time, before daybreak he dashed into Ariminum and took possession of it. [– See the die is cast.]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die, dice"
      ],
      "id": "en-κύβος-grc-noun-9glPI9lO",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance"
      ],
      "id": "en-κύβος-grc-noun-bLCf5yo0",
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        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mathematics",
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            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 10 4 23 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 12 6 25 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 12 6 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 11 4 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 11 4 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cube, cubic number"
      ],
      "id": "en-κύβος-grc-noun-u~lHORKi",
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        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "cube",
          "cube"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) cube, cubic number"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 10 4 23 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 11 4 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 11 4 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-κύβος-grc-noun-thiSp1LA",
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "vertebra",
          "vertebra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) vertebra; hollow above the hip of cattle"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.bos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.βos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.vos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.bos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.bos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.βos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.vos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.vos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κύβος"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Lydian",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kubikós",
      "word": "κυβικός"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κύβος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κύβος (kývos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κύβος (kývos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cubus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: cubus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: cubus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "cube",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: cube",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: cube"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cube",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cube",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cube"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cube"
          },
          "expansion": "French: cube",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: cube"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "куб",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: куб (kub)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: куб (kub)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܩܘܒܘܣ",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "cube",
            "tr": "qwbws",
            "ts": "qūbōs"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܒܘܣ (qwbws /⁠qūbōs⁠/, “cube”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܒܘܣ (qwbws /⁠qūbōs⁠/, “cube”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1",
            "t": "cube",
            "ts": "qūbōs"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قوبوس (/⁠qūbōs⁠/, “cube”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Difficult to trace. The word passed to and from a number of languages (compare Latin cubus (“mass, quantity; cube”)).\nOften thought to be derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewbh₂- (“to lie down (actively)”), reconstructed in LIV based on Latin cubō (“to lie down (passively)”) and some other verb forms. Compare Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip”) and Latin cubitus (“elbow”), and (formally unrelated) Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “astragalus bone, knucklebone; dice (made from a knucklebone)”) for the semantic connection between “vertebra, bone (of an animal)” and “die, dice”. Animal bones were historically used as playing dice.\nAccording to Beekes, words for dice are often loans and the Lydians claimed to have invented the game of κύβος (kúbos), suggesting a possible loan from Lydian.\nAppears to have no relation to Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba).",
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      "form": "kúbos",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "κύβου",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
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      "form": "ὁ κῠ́βος",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὼ κῠ́βω",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κῠ́βοι",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κῠ́βου",
      "roman": "toû kúbou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῠ́βοιν",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κῠ́βων",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κῠ́βῳ",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῠ́βοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κῠ́βοις",
      "roman": "toîs kúbois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κῠ́βον",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ κῠ́βω",
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κῠ́βους",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́βε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́βω",
      "roman": "kúbō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῠ́βοι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "Second declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ κῡ́βω",
      "roman": "tṑ kū́bō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κῦβοι",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῦ κῡ́βου",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῡ́βοιν",
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κῡ́βων",
      "roman": "tôn kū́bōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κῡ́βῳ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν κῡ́βοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κῡ́βοις",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ κῡ́βω",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "kûbe",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́βω",
      "roman": "kū́bō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῦβοι",
      "roman": "kûboi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "m",
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    }
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        "1": "κῠ́βος",
        "2": "κῠ́βου",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "κῦβος",
        "2": "κῡ́βου",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "grc:Geometry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "square"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
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        [
          "square",
          "square"
        ]
      ],
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        "(geometry) square"
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        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Geometry"
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        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
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        [
          "cube",
          "cube"
        ]
      ],
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        "(geometry) cube"
      ],
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        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 32",
          "text": "τέλος δὲ μετὰ θυμοῦ τινος ὥσπερ ἀφεὶς ἑαυτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λογισμοῦ πρὸς τὸ μέλλον, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ κοινὸν τοῖς εἰς τύχας ἐμβαίνουσιν ἀπόρους καὶ τόλμας προοίμιον ὑπειπὼν, “Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος,” ὥρμησε πρὸς τὴν διάβασιν καὶ δρόμῳ τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη χρώμενος εἰσέπεσε πρὸ ἡμέρας εἰς τὸ Ἀρίμινον καὶ κατέσχε.\ntélos dè metà thumoû tinos hṓsper apheìs heautòn ek toû logismoû pròs tò méllon, kaì toûto dḕ tò koinòn toîs eis túkhas embaínousin apórous kaì tólmas prooímion hupeipṑn, “Anerrhíphthō kúbos,” hṓrmēse pròs tḕn diábasin kaì drómōi tò loipòn ḗdē khrṓmenos eisépese prò hēméras eis tò Aríminon kaì katéskhe.\n1919 translation by Bernadotte Perrin\nBut finally, with a sort of passion, as if abandoning calculation and casting himself upon the future, and uttering the phrase with which men usually prelude their plunge into desperate and daring fortunes, “Let the die be cast,” he hastened to cross the river; and going at full speed now for the rest of the time, before daybreak he dashed into Ariminum and took possession of it. [– See the die is cast.]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "die, dice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cube, cubic number"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "cube",
          "cube"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) cube, cubic number"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vertebra; hollow above the hip of cattle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "vertebra",
          "vertebra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) vertebra; hollow above the hip of cattle"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.bos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.βos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.vos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.bos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.bos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.βos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.vos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.vos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κύβος"
}

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