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μέθῠσος

methusos

drunk with wine

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Where it lives

1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

What it meant

μέθῠσος · methysos — LSJ

drunk with wine

drunk with wine, prop. only fem., μέθυσος Ἀμαζών Hecat. 34 J.; μεθύση γραῦς Ar. Nu. 555, cf. V. 1402, Phryn. 129, Poll. 6.25.

2 drunken, intemperate

later also, of men, μεθύσους τοὺς ἐμπόρους ποιεῖ Men. 67.1, cf. Com.Adesp. 384, LXX Pr. 23.21, 1 Ep.Cor. 5.11, Plu. Brut. 5, Luc. Tim. 55, S.E. P. 3.195; drunken, intemperate, Ceb. 34, Jul. Caes. 330c.

In the wild

μεθύσην · methysēn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 430)
μέθυσος · methysos New Testament, 1 Corinthians 5.11 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
μέθυσοι · methysoi New Testament, 1 Corinthians 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 126)
μεθύσω · methysō Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 32
μεθύσω · methysō Septuaginta, Jeremias 38
μέθυσος · methysos Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 2

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