μεθώ
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- μεθάω (metháo)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μεθύω (methúō, “to get drunk”).
Compare Mariupol Greek метъу́ (mjeθú).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to get drunk, become intoxicated
- Antonym: ξεμεθώ (xemethó)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
[edit]- αντιμεθυστικός (antimethystikós, “against drunkenness”, adjective)
- μέθη f (méthi, “drunkenness”)
- μεθοκόπημα n (methokópima, “booze up”)
- μεθοκοπώ (methokopó, “to booze up”)
- μεθύσι n (methýsi, “drunkenness; booze up”)
- μεθυσμένος (methysménos, “drunk, drunken”, participle)
- μέθυσος m (méthysos, “drunkard”)
- μεθύστακας m (methýstakas, “drunkard”)
- μεθυστικός (methystikós, “intoxicating”)
Further reading
[edit]- μεθώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language