Μίδας

See also: μίδας and Μιδας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mí.daːs/ → /ˈmi.ðas/ → /ˈmi.ðas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mí.daːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ðas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ðas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ðas/

Proper noun

Μῐ́δᾱς • (Mídās) m (genitive Μῐ́δου); first declension

1. Midas

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μῐ́δᾱς; τοῦ Μῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μῐ́δᾱς ho Mídās
Genitive	τοῦ Μῐ́δου toû Mídou
Dative	τῷ Μῐ́δᾳ tôi Mídāi
Accusative	τὸν Μῐ́δᾱν tòn Mídān
Vocative	Μῐ́δᾱ Mídā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μίδας (Mídas)
• → Latin: Midās, Mida
  • → English: Midas
  • → Polish: Midas

References

• “Μίδας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μίδας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μίδας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017