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Μίδας

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ου ou α (ὁ) [ῐ] Midas :
      1 roi de Phrygie, célèbre par ses richesses, HDT. 1, 14, etc. ; XÉN. An. 1, 2, 13 ; AR. Pl. 287, etc. ;
      2 autres, PD. P. 12 ; AR. Vesp. 433, etc. ; plur. Μίδαι, LUC. Apol. 1 ; acc. Μίδας, AR. Vesp. 433, des Midas.

Voc. Μίδα, AR. Vesp. 433 ; LUC. Tim. 4, 2, etc. ; gén. Μίδου, XÉN. An. 1, 2, 13 ; PLAT. Rsp. 408 b ; PLUT. Alex. 18, etc. ; ou Μίδα, PLAT. Phædr. 264 c, etc. ; PLUT. Cæs. 9. Ion. nomin. Μίδης, HDT. 1, 14 ; gén. Μίδεω, HOM. Ep. 3 ; HDT. 1, 35 ; 8, 138 ; TYRT. fr. 8.

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Lexicon of Greek Personal Names

LSJ

gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, Midas, proverbial for his wealth, εἰ… πλουτοίη… Μίδεω καὶ Κινύρεω μάλιον Tyrt. 12.6, cf. Hom. Epigr. 3; ἐὰν… πλουτῇ Κινύρα τε καὶ Μίδα μᾶλλον Pl. Lg. 660e, cf. R. 408b; ὑπὲρ… τὸν Μίδα πλοῦτον Luc. Merc. Cond. 20; his ass΄s ears alluded to in Ar. Pl. 287, etc.
the luckiest throw of the dice, which (with the Greeks) was when the numbers were all different, = Ἡρακλῆς, Eub. 58.
a destructive insect in beans, Thphr. CP 4.15.4.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
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