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|mdlsjtxt=!κύ˘βος, ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Lat. [[cubus]], a [[cube]]: a [[cubical]] die, marked on all 6 sides ([[whereas]] the [[ἀστράγαλος]] was marked only on [[four]] sides), in pl., [[dice]], Hdt., etc.; the Greeks threw with [[three]] [[dice]], so that τρὶς ἕξ, [[three]] sixes, was the [[highest]] [[throw]], Aesch., Plat.; κρίνειν τι ἐν κύβοις to [[decide]] it by the [[dice]], by [[chance]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> also of the [[single]] pips on the [[dice]], βέβληκ' Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ [[τέσσαρα]] he has thrown two aces and a [[four]], Aesch. ap. Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a cubic [[number]], i. e. a [[number]] multiplied [[twice]] [[into]] itself, as 27 is the [[cube]] of 3, Plat.