Midas

See also: midas

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.dəs/

Proper noun

Midas

1. (Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

Derived terms

• Midas touch
• Midas-like
• Midasian
• Midan

Translations

Greek mythology

• Catalan: Mides m
• French: Midas (fr) m
• German: Midas m
• Greek: Μίδας (el) m (Mídas)

  Ancient Greek: Μίδᾱς m (Mídās)

• Inuktitut: ᒦᑕᔅ (miitas)
• Polish: Midas m
• Portuguese: Midas m
• Russian: Мида́с m (Midás)
• Spanish: Midas
• Telugu: Midas

Noun

Midas (plural Midases)

1. A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.

See also

• double-edged sword

Anagrams

• diams, maids

German

Proper noun

Midas m

1. Midas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mida

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.daːs/, [ˈmɪd̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/, [ˈmiːd̪äs]

Proper noun

Midās m sg (genitive Midae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king of Phrygia who was gifted the ability to turn everything he touched to gold.)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Midās
Genitive	Midae
Dative	Midae
Accusative	Midān
Ablative	Midā
Vocative	Midā

Descendants

• → English: Midas
• → Polish: Midas

References

• “Mĭdas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/
• Rhymes: -idas
• Syllabification: Mi‧das

Proper noun

Midas m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold)

Declension

Declension of Midas

	singular
nominative	Midas
genitive	Midasa
dative	Midasowi
accusative	Midasa
instrumental	Midasem
locative	Midasie
vocative	Midasie

Derived terms

adjective

• midasowy

 

Further reading

• Midas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.dɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.dɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.dɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.dɐʃ/ [ˈmi.ðɐʃ]

Proper noun

Midas m

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king with the power to turn things into gold)

Derived terms

• toque de Midas