μέθη

methe

strong drink

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 6
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274b11
Book VII 1
Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7

1336b22
Book VIII 4
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1339a17
1339a20

Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34

1342b25
1342b27
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

801a16
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 407b27–409a30

408b23
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

744b7
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 1 805a1–806a18

805a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέθη, ἡ, (for μεθύω: μέθη, cf. πληθύω: πλήθᾱ) A. strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, Hdt. 5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης S. OT 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς E. El. 326; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. Antipho 4.3.2; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης Pl. R. 396d; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά ib.488c; μ. εὐώδης παλαιός fragrant old wine, Hp. Epid. 7.82. II. drunkenness, μ. αἰώνιος Pl. R. 363d; πίνειν εἰς μέθην Id. Lg. 775b; μέθῃ χρῆσθαι ib.674a; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι . . τὴν συνουσίαν Id. Smp. 176e; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης Id. Lg. 637b; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν D. 21.38: pl., carousals, Democr. 159, Pl. Lg. 682e; ἐν μέθαις Id. Phdr. 256c, cf. LXX Ju. 13.15, Ep.Rom. 13.13, etc. 2. metaph., ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ Pl. Lg. 639b, cf. Metrod. Herc. 831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες Ph. 1.16, cf.2.320. III. Μέθη personified, in Art, Paus. 2.27.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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