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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mé.tʰɛː/, /ˈme.θi/, /ˈme.θi/, /mé.tʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.tʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.θi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.θi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μέθυ (méthu, “wine”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|μέθης|f|third}} μέθη • (méthē) f (genitive μέθης); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέθη|μέθης}} Forms: méthē [romanization], μέθης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μέθη [nominative, singular], μέθᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μέθαι [nominative, plural], τῆς μέθης [genitive, singular], μέθαιν [dual, genitive], μεθῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μέθῃ [dative, singular], μέθαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μέθαις [dative, plural], τὴν μέθην [accusative, singular], μέθᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μέθᾱς [accusative, plural], μέθη [singular, vocative], μέθᾱ [dual, vocative], μέθαι [plural, vocative]
  1. strong drink; heavy drinking
    Sense id: en-μέθη-grc-noun-ZaxkJBrk Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Drinking Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 85 7 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 1 2 Disambiguation of Drinking: 95 2 3
  2. drunkenness
    Sense id: en-μέθη-grc-noun-GjjSfbjC
  3. (figuratively) intoxication Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-μέθη-grc-noun-LCW3Lcnc

Noun [Greek]

Forms: méthi [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], μέθη [nominative, singular], μέθης [genitive, singular], μέθη [accusative, singular], μέθη [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέθη (méthē). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|μέθη}} Ancient Greek μέθη (méthē) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|uncountable|||unc|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=uncountable nouns|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} μέθη • (méthi) f (uncountable), {{el-noun|f|unc}} μέθη • (méthi) f (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|μέθη|μέθης|μέθη|μέθη|note=}}
  1. drunkenness Tags: uncountable Synonyms: μεθύσι Related terms (see): μεθώ (methó) (english: to get drunk)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "méthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μέθη",
      "roman": "hē méthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθᾱ",
      "roman": "méthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μέθαι",
      "roman": "hai méthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μέθης",
      "roman": "tês méthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθαιν",
      "roman": "méthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεθῶν",
      "roman": "methôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μέθῃ",
      "roman": "têi méthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθαιν",
      "roman": "méthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μέθαις",
      "roman": "taîs méthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μέθην",
      "roman": "tḕn méthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθᾱ",
      "roman": "méthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μέθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s méthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθη",
      "roman": "méthē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθᾱ",
      "roman": "méthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθαι",
      "roman": "méthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "85 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "59 19 22",
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        },
        {
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          "orig": "grc:Drinking",
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        [
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          "drinking"
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      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-μέθη-grc-noun-LCW3Lcnc",
      "links": [
        [
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          "intoxication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) intoxication"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mé.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek μέθη (méthē).",
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      "tags": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "english": "to get drunk",
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          "sense": "see",
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        }
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "etymology_text": "From μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).",
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        "genitive"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "nominative"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μέθης",
      "roman": "tês méthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθαιν",
      "roman": "méthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μεθῶν",
      "roman": "methôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μέθῃ",
      "roman": "têi méthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθαιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "ταῖς μέθαις",
      "roman": "taîs méthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μέθην",
      "roman": "tḕn méthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέθᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μέθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s méthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "μέθη",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "μέθᾱ",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "μέθαι",
      "roman": "méthai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "strong drink; heavy drinking"
      ],
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          "strong",
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        [
          "drink",
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          "heavy",
          "heavy"
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          "drinking",
          "drinking"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "drunkenness"
      ],
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        [
          "drunkenness",
          "drunkenness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intoxication"
      ],
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        [
          "intoxication",
          "intoxication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) intoxication"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mé.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mé.tʰɛː/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "μέθη • (méthi) f (uncountable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "unc"
      },
      "expansion": "μέθη • (méthi) f (uncountable)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέθη",
        "2": "μέθης",
        "3": "μέθη",
        "4": "μέθη",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to get drunk",
      "roman": "methó",
      "sense": "see",
      "word": "μεθώ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek feminine nouns",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek nouns",
        "Greek nouns declining like 'γαλήνη'",
        "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "el:Drinking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drunkenness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drunkenness",
          "drunkenness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "μεθύσι"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέθη"
}

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