Μίδας

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.