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|Definition=ἡ, (for <b class="b3">μεθύω</b>: <b class="b3">μέθη</b>, cf. [[πληθύω]]: <b class="b3">πλήθᾱ</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strong drink</b>, <b class="b3">καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης</b> to be pretty well <b class="b2">drunk</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.20</span>; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>779</span>; μέθῃ βρεχθείς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>326</span>; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.3.2</span>; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>396d</span>; <b class="b3">μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">488c</span>; <b class="b3">μ. εὐώδης παλαιός</b> fragrant old <b class="b2">wine</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">drunkenness</b>, μ. αἰώνιος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>363d</span>; πίνειν εἰς μέθην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>775b</span>; <b class="b3">μέθῃ χρῆσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">674a</span>; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι… τὴν συνουσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>176e</span>; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>637b</span>; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν <span class="bibl">D.21.38</span>: pl., <b class="b2">carousals</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr.159</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>682e</span>; ἐν μέθαις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ju.</span>13.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>13.13</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>639b</span>, cf. Metrod.<span class="title">Herc.</span>831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες <span class="bibl">Ph.1.16</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">2.320</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">Μέθη</b> personified, in Art, <span class="bibl">Paus.2.27.3</span>.</span>

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0111.png Seite 111]] ἡ, eigtl. übermäßiges Trinken, σίτων καὶ μέθης πλησθέν Plat. Rep. IX, 571 c; ἀνὴρ ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης Soph. O. R. 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς Eur. El. 326; gew. Trunken <b class="b2">heit</b>, Rausch, [[καλῶς]] ἔχοντες μέθης, Her. 5, 20; καὶ [[πολυοινία]], Plat. Legg. II, 666 b; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ ξυμποδίσαντες, Rep. VI, 488 c; πίνειν εἰς μέθην, Legg. VI, 775 b; übertr., κἂν δειλὸς ὢν ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ, I, 639 b; auch im plur., Phaedr. 238 a; ὁ τὸν θεσμοθέτην πατάξας [[τρεῖς]] εἶχε προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν, Dem. 21, 38; ἀπὸ μέθης, in Folge des Rausches, Ath. X, 434 b. – Bei Empedocl. 46 übh. = Begeisterung.