μεθύω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μεθύω
Structure:
μετ
(Prefix)
+
ύ̔
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be drunken with wine
- soaked
- to be drunken or intoxicated
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσι ‐ καὶ πρὸσ Χαρίτων μή με κορυβαντιᾶν ἢ τελέωσ μεθύειν ὑπολάβητε, εἰ τἀμὰ εἰκάζω τοῖσ θεοῖσ ‐ ὅμοιόν τι πάσχειν οἱ πολλοὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ καινοὺσ τῶν λόγων τοῖσ Ἰνδοῖσ ἐκείνοισ, οἱο͂ν καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐμούσ· (Lucian, (no name) 5:2)
- καὶ μὴν τοῦτό γε οὐ μεθύειν, ἀλλὰ νήφειν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν ἐστιν. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 6:1)
- ὁ δ’ Ἐπαμεινώνδασ, εἰσ ἑορτήν τινα καὶ πότον ἀνειμένωσ τῶν Θηβαίων ῥυέντων, μόνοσ ἐφώδευε τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰ τείχη, νήφειν λέγων καὶ ἀγρυπνεῖν ὡσ ἂν ἐξῇ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μεθύειν καὶ καθεύδειν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 4 6:1)
- ἐν αὐταῖσ δὲ ταῖσ ἑπτὰ σπουδαῖον μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἀγοραῖον διοικήσασθαί μοι συγκεχώρηται, πίνειν δὲ καὶ μεθύειν καὶ βοᾶν καὶ παίζειν καὶ κυβεύειν καὶ ἄρχοντασ καθιστάναι καὶ τοὺσ οἰκέτασ εὐωχεῖν καὶ γυμνὸν ᾅδειν καὶ κροτεῖν ὑποτρέμοντα, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ἐσ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ὠθεῖσθαι ἀσβόλῳ κεχρισμένον τὸ πρόσωπον, ταῦτα ἐφεῖταί μοι ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 2:7)
- Εἰ μὴ ἑορτήν, ὦ οὗτοσ, ἤγομεν καὶ μεθύειν ἐφεῖτο καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι τοῖσ δεσπόταισ ἐπ̓ ἐξουσίασ, ἔγνωσ ἄν ὡσ ὀργίζεσθαι γοῦν ἐφεῖταί μοι, τοιαῦτα ἐρωτήσασ, οὐκ αἰδεσθεὶσ πολιὸν οὕτω καὶ πρεσβύτην θεόν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 5:3)
Synonyms
-
soaked
-
to be drunken or intoxicated
Derived
- ἀνύω (to effect, achieve, accomplish)
- ἐφύω (to rain upon, rained upon, exposed to the rain)
- ὕω (I rain, I rain on)
