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μεθύω [υ^], （μέθυ), only pres. and impf.: fut. and aor. Act. belong to μεθύσκω （μεθύσας is f.l. in Nonn.D.28.211; μεθύσαντας is f.l. for -τες in Plu.2.239a), aor. being supplied by Pass. of μεθύσκω:—
A.to be drunken with wine, “νευστάζων κεφαλῇ, μεθύοντι ἐοικώς” Od.18.240; μεθύων, opp. νήφων, Thgn.478,627, cf. Alc.Supp.4.12, Pi.Fr. 128, Ar.Pl.1048, PHal.1.193 (iii B. C.), etc.; “μ. ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου” X. Smp.2.26; τὸ μεθύειν drunkenness, Antiph.187.2, Alex.43; “τὸ μ. πημονῆς λυτήριον” S.Fr.758.
II. metaph.,
1. of things, to be drenched, steeped in any liquid, c. dat., e.g. “βοείην . . μεθύουσαν ἀλοιφῇ” Il.17.390; “μεθύων ἐλαίῳ λύχνος” Babr.114.1; [“χείμαρρος] ὄμβροισι μ.” AP9.277 (Antiphil.).
2. of persons, to be intoxicated with passion, pride, etc., “ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης” X.Smp.8.21; “ὑπὸ τρυφῆς” Pl.Criti. 121a; “ἔρωτι” Anacr.19; “τῷ μεγέθει τῶν πεπραγμένων” D.4.49; “περὶ τὰς ἡδονάς” Philostr.VS1.22.1; “οὐ μ. τὴν φρόνησιν” Alex.301; “μ. τὸ φίλημα” AP5.304.
b. to be stupefied, stunned, “πληγαῖς μεθύων” Theoc.22.98; “ἐξ ὀδυνάων” Opp.H.5.228, cf. Nonn.l.c.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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