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|Definition=[ῐ], gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, <span class="title">Midas</span>, proverbial for his wealth, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> εἰ… πλουτοίη… Μίδεω καὶ Κινύρεω μάλιον <span class="bibl">Tyrt.12.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>3</span>; ἐὰν… πλουτῇ Κινύρα τε καὶ Μίδα μᾶλλον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>660e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>408b</span>; ὑπὲρ… τὸν Μίδα πλοῦτον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>20</span>; his ass's ears alluded to in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>287</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[the luckiest throw]] of the dice, which (with the Greeks) was when the numbers were all different, = [[Ἡρακλῆς]], <span class="bibl">Eub.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[a destructive insect in beans]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span> 4.15.4</span>.</span>

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|lstext='''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».

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