κ2602Κύβος
cube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)
[Meaning] every square (?face). Kubos, [meaning] one which has a base from all around. Apollodorus [derives the word] from the bent-ness. For they used to say that the one bending on to his head formed a cube, made a…
Κύβος· πᾶν τετράγωνον. Κύβος, ὁ κυκλόθεν βάσιν ἔχων. Ἀπολλόδωρος ἀπὸ τῆς κυφότητος· τὸ γὰρ ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν κάμψαντα κυβισθῆναι κυβιστῆσαι ἔλεγον. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οἶδ' ὅτι ῥιπτῶ…
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