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μεθύω

methyo

to be drunken with wine

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μεθύω [ῠ], (μέθυ), only pres. and impf.: fut. and aor. Act. belong to μεθύσκω (μεθύσας is f.l. in Nonn. D. 28.211; μεθύσαντας is f.l. for -τες in Plu. 2.239a), aor. being supplied by Pass. of μεθύσκω:— A. to be drunken with wine, νευστάζων κεφαλῇ, μεθύοντι ἐοικώς Od. 18.240; μεθύων, opp. νήφων, Thgn. 478,627, cf. Alc. Supp. 4.12, Pi. Fr. 128, Ar. Pl. 1048, PHal. 1.193 (iii B. C.), etc.; μ. ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου X. Smp. 2.26; τὸ μεθύειν drunkenness, Antiph. 187.2, Alex. 43; τὸ μ. πημονῆς λυτήριον S. Fr. 758. II. metaph., 1. of things, to be drenched, steeped in any liquid, c. dat., e.g. βοείην . . μεθύουσαν ἀλοιφῇ Il. 17.390; μεθύων ἐλαίῳ λύχνος Babr. 114.1; [χείμαρρος] ὄμβροισι μ. AP 9.277 (Antiphil.). 2. of persons, to be intoxicated with passion, pride, etc., ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης X. Smp. 8.21; ὑπὸ τρυφῆς Pl. Criti. 121a; ἔρωτι Anacr. 19; τῷ μεγέθει τῶν πεπραγμένων D. 4.49; περὶ τὰς ἡδονάς Philostr. VS 1.22.1; οὐ μ. τὴν φρόνησιν Alex. 301; μ. τὸ φίλημα AP 5.304. b. to be stupefied, stunned, πληγαῖς μεθύων Theoc. 22.98; ἐξ ὀδυνάων Opp. H. 5.228, cf. Nonn.l.c.
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