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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mí.daːs/ → /ˈmi.ðas/ → /ˈmi.ðas/
Proper noun
Μῐ́δᾱς • (Mídās) m (genitive Μῐ́δου); first declension
- Midas
Inflection
Descendants
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017