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μεθύσκω

methusko

make drunk, intoxicate

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεθύσκω · methyskō — LSJ

make drunk, intoxicate

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, moisten

give to drink, θηλὴ μεθύσκει με μητρῴη Babr. 89.9; moisten, βωμοὺς ἐν γάλακτι, τέφρην, AP 6.99 (Phil.), 11.8.

II drink freely, get drunk, to be drunk, with, with

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

to be filled with food, μ. σίτῳ LXX Ho. 14.8; cf. μεθύει· πεπλήρωται, Hsch.

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