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Μίδας

Μίδας, Midas

Could not find Μίδεω in Logeion dictionaries.

Μίδεω Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Μίδας

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Μίδας [ῐ], 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 assʼs 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.

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