Μίδας [ῐ], gen.ουorα, 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 throwof 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 .