Μίδας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, <span class="title">Midas</span>, proverbial for his wealth, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">the luckiest throw</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">a destructive insect in beans</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span> 4.15.4</span>.</span>