Μίδας
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, Midas, proverbial for his wealth,
A 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. II the luckiest throw of the dice, which (with the Greeks) was when the numbers were all different, = Ἡρακλῆς, Eub.58. III a destructive insect in beans, Thphr.CP 4.15.4.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Μίδας: [ῑ Ὁμ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 3], γεν. ου ἢ α, Ἰων. Μίδης, εω, ὁ γνωστὸς βασιλεὺς τῆς Φρυγίας, παροιμιώδης ἐπὶ πλούτῳ, εἰ... πλουτοίη... Μίδεω καὶ Κινύραο πλέον Τυρταῖ. 9. 6· ἐάν... πλουτῇ Κινύρα τε καὶ Μίδα μᾶλλον Πλάτ. Νόμ. 660Ε, πρβλ. Πολ. 408Β· ὑπέρ... τὸν Μίδα πλοῦτον Λουκ. π. τῶν ἐπὶ Μισθ. Συνόντ. 20· γίνεται δὲ ὑπαινιγμὸς πρὸς τὰ ὄνεια αὐτοῦ ὦτα ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 287, κτλ. ΙΙ. ὁ ἄριστος βόλος τῶν κύβων, ὅστις (παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν) ἦτο ἐκεῖνος, καθ’ ὃν οἱ ἀριθμοὶ ἦσαν ἅπαντες διάφοροι, ὡσαύτως καλούμενος καὶ Ἡρακλῆς, Λατ. jactus Veneris, Εὔβουλ. ἐν «Κυβευταῖς» 4. ΙΙΙ. ἔντομόν τι καταστρεπτικὸν τῶν κυάμων, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 4. 15, 4. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «μίδας· κυβευτικοῦ βόλου ὄνομα, καὶ θηρίδιόν τι διεσθίον τοὺς κυάμους. καὶ ὁ πλούσιος ἀπὸ Μίδα τοῦ Βασιλέως».
