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licentiousness, intemperance, opp. σωφροσύνη, Hecat. 144, Antipho 4.1.6, Th. 3.37, Pl. Grg. 505b, cf. Arist. EN 1107b6, etc.: pl., Lys. 16.11, Pl. Lg. 884a.
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serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους Pl. Tht. 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι Lys. 16.11, cf. Is. 11.37; πρός τι Aeschin. 2.38; ἐπί τινι Ar. Ra. 1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις Pl. Ly. 204a.
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reasonableness, fairness, Th. 3.40, 48, 5.86, Pl. Lg. 735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plu. Per. 39, cf. 2 Ep.Cor. 10.1; also, goodness, virtuousness, Lys. 16.11, D. 21.207, Arist. EN 1175b24: pl., joined with χάριτες, Isoc. 4.63, cf. 15.149.
cube, Ti.Locr. 98c; esp. cubical die, marked on all six sides, mostly in pl., dice, 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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fabricate tales, esp. of newsmongers, Th. 6.38, And. 1.54, Lys. 16.11, D. 4.49, Thphr. Char. 8.1; τὰς [συμφορὰς] αὐτοὶ λογοποιοῦσιν Lys. 22.14; λ. κατὰ τῆς πόλεως Plb. 28.2.4:— Pass., D.C. 37.35.
drinking-bout, carousal, πῶς τις αὐτὸν . . ἂν ἀπὸ τοῦ πότου παύσειεν . .; Cratin. 187; προὐχώρει ὁ π. X. An. 7.3.26; ἦς π. ἁδύς Theoc. 14.17; παρὰ πότον over the wine, X. An. 2.3.15, Smp. 8.41; ἀλλήλοις . . συνεῖναι ἐν τῷ πότῳ Pl. Prt. 347c; τρέπεσθαι πρὸς τὸν π. Id. Smp. 176a: pl., Ar. Nu. 1073; αἱ ἐν τοῖς πότοις συνουσίαι Isoc. 1.32, cf. Aeschin. 2.47; περὶ πότους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι Lys. 16.11, cf. Pl. R. 329a, Isoc. 15.286.