cubus
From LSJ
ὅνος λύρας ἀκούει κινῶν τά ὦτα → a donkey hears the lyre and wiggles its ears, caviar to the general
Latin > English
cubus cubi N M :: cube (geometric figure), die/dice; lump; cubic number
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭbus: i, m., = κύβος,
I a die, cube, Vitr. 5, praef. 4.—
B As a measure, Rhem. Fann. 61.—
II A cubic number, Gell. 1, 20, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cŭbus,¹⁶ ī, m. (κύβος), cube : Vitr. Arch. 5, Præf. 4 || sorte de mesure : Ov. Med. 88 || nombre cubique : Gell. 1, 20, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
cubus, ī, m. (κύβος), I) der Würfel, Kubus, Vitr. 5. praef. 4. Chalcid. Tim. 222. – als Maß, Ov. medic. fac. 88; u. Form cybus, Auct. inc. de ponder. 62 u. 195 H. (Vulg. cubus); u. coebus, Auson. Griphus (XXVI) 2, 3 u. 57. p. 129 u. 131 Schenkl. – II) die Kubikzahl, Gell. 1, 20, 6.
