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 (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 ==== === Noun === Midas (plural Midases) A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles. ==== Translations ==== === See also === double-edged sword === Anagrams === diams, maids == German == === Proper noun === Midas m Midas == Latin == === Alternative forms === Mida === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.daːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.das] === Proper noun === Midās m sg (genitive Midae); first declension (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, nominative singular in -ās), singular only. ==== 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 (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Midas”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Midas m (Greek mythology) Midas (king with the power to turn things into gold) ==== Derived terms ==== toque de Midas