μέθη

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Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.

Horace, Epistles 1.34
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Full diacritics: μέθη Medium diacritics: μέθη Low diacritics: μέθη Capitals: ΜΕΘΗ
Transliteration A: méthē Transliteration B: methē Transliteration C: methi Beta Code: me/qh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (for μεθύω: μέθη, cf. πληθύω: πλήθᾱ)

   A strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, Hdt.5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης S.OT779; 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, 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.