μίδας

See also: Μιδας and Μίδας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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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/

Noun

μίδᾱς • (mídās) m (genitive μίδου); first declension

1. A destructive insect in grains

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μίδᾱς; τοῦ μίδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μίδᾱς ho mídās	τὼ μίδᾱ tṑ mídā	οἱ μίδαι hoi mídai
Genitive	τοῦ μίδου toû mídou	τοῖν μίδαιν toîn mídain	τῶν μιδῶν tôn midôn
Dative	τῷ μίδᾳ tôi mídāi	τοῖν μίδαιν toîn mídain	τοῖς μίδαις toîs mídais
Accusative	τὸν μίδᾱν tòn mídān	τὼ μίδᾱ tṑ mídā	τοὺς μίδᾱς toùs mídās
Vocative	μίδᾱ mídā	μίδᾱ mídā	μίδαι mídai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• μίδας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette