STRONGS G3183:
μέθυσος,
μεθύσῃ,
μέθυσον, in later Greek also of two terminations (
μέθυ, see
μέθη),
drunken, intoxicated:
1 Corinthians 5:11;
1 Corinthians 6:10. (Phryn.:
μέθυσος ἀνήρ,
οὐκ ἐρεῖς,
ἀλλά μεθυστικός.
γυναῖκα δέ ἐρεῖς μέθυσον καί μεθυσην (
Aristophanes); but
Menander,
Plutarch,
Lucian,
Sextus Empiricus, others (the
Sept.,
Proverbs 23:21, etc.; Sir. 19:1, etc.) use it also of men; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 151.)
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