Quick Definition
μέθυσος, ου, ὁ n.m. a drunkard
Strong's Definition
from 3184; tipsy, i.e. (as noun) a sot
KJV Usage: drunkard
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέθυσος, -ύση. -voov, in later Grk. also of two terminations, (μέθυ. see μέθη), drunken, intoxicated: 1 Co. v.11; vi. 10. (Phryn.: μέθυσος ἀνήρ. οὐκ ἐρεῖς. ἀλλὰ peθυστικός - γυναῖκα δὲ ἐρεῖς μέθυσον καὶ μεθύσην [ Arstph.]; but Menand., Plut., Leian., Sext. Empir., al., [Sept. Prov. xxiii. 21, ete.; Sir. xix. 1, ete.] use it also of men; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 151.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μέθυσος methysos 2x
drunken; a drunkard, 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μέθυσος, -α, -ον
(also -ος, -ον; prop., only of women, but in late writers also = μεθυστικός, of men), [in LXX: Pr 23:21 (סבא) 26:9 (שִׁכּוֹר), Si 19:1 26:8, IV Mac 2:7*;]
drunken: I Co 5:11 6:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μέθυσος. Deissmann (ZAZ, p. 321) gives a striking series of parallels to the vices enumerated in 1 Cor 697: from counters used in anancient game: thus to μέθυσοι correspond on the counters eb77ose and winose. For μέθυσος applied to men, as in 1 Cor é.c., 5! (cf. Lob. PAryn. ἘΣ 151), see the exx. in Durham Afenander, p. 77f., and add P Oxy XV. 1828 (c. iii/A.D.), where πλεονέκτης also occurs (as in I Cor //. ¢.). See σῦν μεθύσκω, and add P Hal 11% (mid. iii/B.c.) μεθύοντος ἀδικιῶν. ὅταν τις τῶν εἰς TO σῶ[μ]α ἀδικημάτ[ων] | μεθύων ἢ νύκτωρ ἢ ἐν ἱερῶι ἢ ἐν ἀγορᾶι ἀδικήσηι, διπλασί[αν] and compares Ζό. 3384 (ii/B.C.) μεθισήτάμενος ἐξ ἀνθρώπων | ἀπολέλοιπεν τὴϊμ πατρί]δα ἡμῶν ἐλευθέραν (of Attalus © τὴν ζημίαν ἀποτεισάτω τῆς γεγραμμένης, and the temple scribbling at Abydos Prezsigke 1079 Νικάνωρ ἥκω μεθ᾽ Ἡρακλέας [Δ]Ἰρυγχίτιδος μεθύων, where, however, we ought See also the new Logion P Oxy - καὶ perhaps to read μεθ᾽ ὑῶν. I. 10M λέγει I(noot)sk[o]rny ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ κόσμου. εὗρον πάντας μεθύοντας καὶ οὐδένα εὗρον δειψῶντα ἐν αὐτοῖς, and cf. Reitzenstein Poimandres, p. 240f. and the passage quoted s.v, μέθη. Hesychius understands μεθύει in 1 Cor 1174 as = πεπλήρωται, in view of the contrast with πεινᾷ : for this use of the verb cf. Hos 148.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μέθυσος (methusos) — drunkard. μέθῠσος, drunk with wine, properly only feminine, μέθυσος Ἀμαζών [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. later also, of men, μεθύσους τοὺς ἐμπόρους ποιεῖ [NT+4th c.BC+]; drunken, intemperate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]