μέθη, ἡ,
(for μεθύω: μέθη, compare πληθύω: πλήθᾱ) strong drink, καλῶς ἔχειν μέθης to be pretty well drunk, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20; ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 779; μέθῃ βρεχθείς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 326; ἡ ἀπειρία τῆς μ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.2; ἐσφαλμένος ὑπὸ μέθης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d; μανδραγόρᾳ ἢ μέθῃ συμποδίσαι τινά [prev. work] 488c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. εὐώδης παλαιός fragrant old wine, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.82. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II drunkenness, μ. αἰώνιος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d; πίνειν εἰς μέθην [prev. author] “Lg.” 775b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέθῃ χρῆσθαι[[ [prev. work] 674a; διὰ μέθης ποιήσασθαι.. τὴν συνουσίαν [prev. author] “Smp.” 176e; κωμάζειν μετὰ μέθης [prev. author] “Lg.” 637b; τρεῖς εἶχεν προφάσεις, μέθην, ἔρωτα, ἄγνοιαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.38 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, carousals, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 159, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 682e; ἐν μέθαις [prev. author] “Phdr.” 256c, cf. LXX.Jdt.13.15, NT.Rom.13.13, etc. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, ὑπὸ μέθης τοῦ φόβου ναυτιᾷ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 639b, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.18; μ. νηφαλίῳ κατασχεθεὶς ὥσπερ οἱ κορυβαντιῶντες 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.16, compare 2.320. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III Μέθη personified, in Art, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.27.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]