οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
mētŭla: ae, f. dim. meta,I a small pyramid, obelisk (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.