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  "headword": "κύβος",
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          "definition": "<i>cube,</i> Ti.Locr. 98c; esp. <i>cubical die,</i> marked on all six sides, mostly in pl., <i>dice,</i> Hdt. 1.94, etc.; κύβων βολαί S. Fr. 429; ἐν πτώσει κύβων Pl. R. 604c; περὶ κύβους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιούμενοι Lys. 16.11: prov., ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κ., i.e. Godʼs work is no mere chance, S. Fr. 895; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ A. Th. 414; ἄλλα βλήματʼ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν E. Supp. 330; ψυχὴν προβάλλοντʼ ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος Id. Rh. 183: later in sg., οἶδʼ ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς . . ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς AP 5.24 ( Phld.); τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον Plu. Fab. 14, cf. Luc. Pr.Im. 16; ἐφʼ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀναρρίπτειν τὸν κ. Id. Harm. 3; ἀνερρίφθω κ., Lat. jacta esto alea, Men. 65.4, Plu. Caes. 32; ἔσχατον κύβον ἀφιέναι try oneʼs luck for the last time, Id. Cor. 3.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "κύβων βολαί",
                "ref": "S. Fr. 429",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81534",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν πτώσει κύβων",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 604c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:604c"
              }
            },
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              "data": {
                "quote": "περὶ κύβους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιούμενοι",
                "ref": "Lys. 16.11",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc2:11"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81536",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ",
                "ref": "A. Th. 414",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:414"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81537",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄλλα βλήματʼ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν",
                "ref": "E. Supp. 330",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc2:330"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81538",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ψυχὴν προβάλλοντʼ ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος",
                "ref": "Id. Rh. 183",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg052.perseus-grc2:183"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81539",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οἶδʼ ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς . . ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς",
                "ref": "AP 5.24",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.24"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81540",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον",
                "ref": "Plu. Fab. 14",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013.perseus-grc2:14"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-81541",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐφʼ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀναρρίπτειν τὸν κ.",
                "ref": "Id. Harm. 3",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg060.perseus-grc2:3"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
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              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>pips on the dice,</i> βέβληκʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two <i>aces</i> and a four, E. Fr. 888: prov., τρὶς ἓξ . . ἢ τρεῖς κύβους βάλλειν ‘all or nothing’, Pl. Lg. 968e, cf. Pherecr. 124.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>gaming-table,</i> Hermipp. 27.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>cubic number,</i> Pl. R. 528b, Arist. APo. 76b8.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>anything of cubic shape: vertebra,</i> Rhian. 57.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>block</i> of stone, PCair.Zen. 276 (iii B.C.); of wood, IG 2(2).463.57, 7.3073.187 ( Lebad., ii B.C.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n60535-0-0-2-0",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>piece of salt fish,</i> Alex. 187.4.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>cubic cake,</i> Eup. 424, Heraclid. ap. Ath. 3.114a.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>hollow above the hips</i> of cattle, Simaristus ib. 9.399b.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>part of an irrigation-machine,</i> BGU 1546 (iii B.C.), PLond. 3.1177.216 (ii A.D.). [ κῦβος only in late Poets, AP 14.8; <i>coebus</i> Aus. Idyll. 11.3.]",
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