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μέθη

methe · ἡ

strong drink

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μέθη · methē — LSJ

strong drink, drunk, wine

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, carousals

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.

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