drunk
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. μεθύων (Eur., Cycl.), μεθυσθείς (Eur., Cycl.), Ar. μεθύση (only in fem.), V. οἰνῳθείς, ᾠνωμένος, κάτοινος, ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθῃ, μέθῃ βρεχθείς, Ar. and V. πεπωκώς (Eur., Cycl.). Make drunk, v.: P. καταμεθύσκειν. Be drunk: P. and V. μεθύειν (Eur., Cycl.), μεθύσκεσθαι (Eur., Cycl.).
