κύβος .κύβος (ῠ), ὁ, 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. also of the single pips on the dice, βέβληκʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two aces and a four, Aesch. ap. Ar. a cubic number, i. e. a number multiplied twice into itself, as 27 is the cube of 3, Plat.