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οἰνόω

οἰνόω, to intoxicate

οἰν-όω,
  • intoxicate, οἰνῶσαι σῶμα ποτοῖς Critias 6.28D.: elsewh. always Pass. οἰνόομαι, get drunk, οἰνωθέντες Od. 16.292, Aen.Tact. 16.5; οἰνωθείς S. Fr. 929, PLond. 2.411.14 (iv A. D.); οἰνοῦσθαι Plu. QConv. 2.672a: fut. οἰνωθήσομαι Stoic. 3.163: mostly in pf. part. ᾠνωμένος, Ion. οἰνωμένος Hdt. 5.18; ἄγαν ᾠνωμένος A. Supp. 409; δείπνοις, ἡνίκʼ ἦν ᾠνωμένος S. Tr. 268; ᾠνωμένας κρατῆρι E. Ba. 687: codd. of Arist. always give οἰνωμένος, EN 1147a14, 1152a15, 1154b10, Rh. 1389a19. (The word used in good Att. Prose is μεθύω (q. v.); but in Stoic. l.c. οἰ. = drink wine in moderation, opp. μεθυσθῆναι, to be the worse for wine.)
    • II Pass., turn into wine, Nonn. D. 11.517.

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