"Midas" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|Midās}} Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, {{der|en|grc|Μίδᾱς}} Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), {{der|en|xpg|Μιδας}} Phrygian Μιδας (Midas) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Gold, Greek mythology, Wine bottles Derived forms: Midas touch, Midas-like, Midasian, Midan Translations (Greek mythology): Μίδᾱς (Mídās) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Mides [masculine] (Catalan), Midas [masculine] (French), Midas [masculine] (German), Μίδας (Mídas) [masculine] (Greek), ᒦᑕᔅ (miitas) (Inuktitut), Midas [masculine] (Polish), Midas [masculine] (Portuguese), Мида́с (Midás) [masculine] (Russian), Midas (Spanish), Midas (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-Midas-en-name-Y7Q-i5OH Disambiguation of Wine bottles: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Midases [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian Μιδας (Midas). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|Midās}} Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, {{der|en|grc|Μίδᾱς}} Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), {{der|en|xpg|Μιδας}} Phrygian Μιδας (Midas) Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Wine bottles Related terms: double-edged sword
    Sense id: en-Midas-en-noun-IohlfWCF Disambiguation of Wine bottles: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52

Inflected forms

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