κύβος [ῠ,
see entry near the end], ὁ, cube, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 98c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especiallycubical die, marked on all six sides, mostly in plural, dice, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, etc.; κύβων βολαί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 429; ἐν πτώσει κύβων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c; περὶ κύβους τὰς διατριβὰς ποιούμενοι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.11: proverbial, ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κ.] Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. God's work is no mere chance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 895; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 414; ἄλλα βλήματ᾽ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 330; ψυχὴν προβάλλοντ᾽ ἐν κύβοισι δαίμονος [prev. author] “Rh.” 183 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: later in singular, οἶδ᾽ ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆς.. ὕπερθεν ἐμῆς [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.24 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus); τὸν περὶ τῶν ὅλων ἀναρρίψων κύβον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 14, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 16; ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἀναρρίπτειν τὸν κ. [prev. author] “Harm.” 3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀνερρίφθω κ., Latin jacta esto alea, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 65.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔσχατον κύβον ἀφιέναι try one's luck for the last time, [[ [prev. author] “Cor.” 3. ] Refs]
__2 of the single pips on the dice, βέβληκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two aces and a four, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 888: proverbial, τρὶς ἓξ.. ἢ τρεῖς κύβους βάλλειν 'all or nothing', 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 968e, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 124. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]