ἐκμεθύσκω
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
A make quite drunk: metaph., τὰς ῥίζας..λίαν ἐ. over-charge them with moisture, Thphr.CP5.15.3; λύχνον ἐλαιηρῆς ἐ. δρόσου AP5.3 (Phld.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 769] (s. μεθύσκω), ganz berauschen, anfüllen, Theophr.; τινός, mit Etwas, λύχνον δρόσου ἐλαιηρῆς Philodem. 17 (V, 4).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκμεθύσκω: μέλλ. -ύσω, κάμνω τινὰ νὰ μεθύσῃ ἐντελῶς· μεταφ., ἀλλὰ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐνίοτε τῷ πλήθει διαφθείρει σῆπον τὰς ῥίζας καὶ λίαν ἐκμεθύσκον Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 5. 15, 3· λύχνον ἐλαιηρῆς ἐκμεθύσασα δρόσου Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
enivrer ; fig. imbiber ou arroser à l’excès.
Étymologie: ἐκ, μεθύσκω.
