{They that be drunken are drunken in the night} (hoi
methuskomenoi nuktos methuousin). No need of "be" here, they
that are drunken. No real difference in meaning between
methusk(935c) and methu(935c), to be drunk, except that methusk(935c)
(inceptive verb in -sk(935c)) means to get drunk. {Night} (
uktos,
genitive by night) is the favourite time for drunken revelries.