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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mé.tʰɛː/ → /ˈme.θi/ → /ˈme.θi/
Noun
μέθη • (méthē) f (genitive μέθης); third declension
- strong drink; heavy drinking
- drunkenness
- (figuratively) intoxication
Inflection
References
- “μέθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1295
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέθη (méthē).
Noun
μέθη • (méthi) f (uncountable)
- drunkenness
- Synonym: μεθύσι (methýsi)
Declension
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singular
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nominative
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μέθη (méthi)
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genitive
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μέθης (méthis)
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accusative
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μέθη (méthi)
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vocative
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μέθη (méthi)
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- see: μεθώ (methó, “to get drunk”)