μεθύσκω

methysko

make drunk, intoxicate

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 5 1113b3–1115a5

1113b32

Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1117a14
Book VII 1
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28

1151a4
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

387b12

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεθύσκω, fut. -ύσω [ῠ] LXX De. 32.42: aor. 1 ἐμέθῠσα ib.2 Ki. 11.13, Ep. -υσσα Nonn. D. 3.11, AP 5.260 (Agath.); inf. μεθύσαι Alex. (v. infr.):—Pass., fut. μεθυσθήσομαι LXX Ho. 14.8, Luc. Luct. 13, D.L. 7.118: aor. ἐμεθύσθην Heraclit. 117, E. Cyc. 167, etc.; Aeol. inf. μεθύσθην Alc. 35: pf. μεμέθυσμαι Hedyl. ap. Ath. 4.176d:—A. Causal of μεθύω, make drunk, intoxicate, Διόνυσος οἶδε τὸ μεθύσαι μόνον Alex. 214; μ. ἑαυτὴν οἴνῳ Luc. Syr.D. 22: metaph., πάνθʼ ὅσα διʼ ἡδονῆς μεθύσκοντα παράφρονας ποιεῖ Pl. Lg. 649d; τὴν αἴσθησιν Thphr. Od. 46; Ἀθηνᾶ μεθύσασα ὕπνῳ τοὺς βαρβάρους Vett. Val.347.26. 2. give to drink, θηλὴ μεθύσκει με μητρῴη Babr. 89.9; moisten, βωμοὺς ἐν γάλακτι, τέφρην, AP 6.99 (Phil.), 11.8. II. Pass., = μεθύω, drink freely, get drunk, Alc. l.c., Hdt. 1.133, etc.; ὀδμῇ, οἴνῳ, ib.202; πίνων οὐ μεθύσκεται X. Cyr. 1.3.11: in aor. ἐμεθύσθην, to be drunk, ἀνὴρ ὁκόταν μεθυσθῇ Heraclit. l.c.; ἅπαξ μεθυσθείς E. Cyc. 167, cf. Ar. V. 1252; ἀνθρώπους οἵους μεθυσθέντας D. 2.19: c. gen., νέκταρος with nectar, Pl. Smp. 203b: metaph., ὅταν πόλις [ἐλευθερίας] μεθυσθῇ Id. R. 562d: c. dat., ταῖς ἐξουσίαις with power, D.H. 4.74:—in Hp. Steril. 218 μεθυσκέτω is corrupt for μεθυσκέσθω. 2. to be filled with food, μ. σίτῳ LXX Ho. 14.8; cf. μεθύει· πεπλήρωται, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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