tēmētum, i, n. [a lengthened form from root tam-; Sanscr tām-yati, to be stupefied; whence abstemius, temulentus],
any intoxicating drink , mead , wine , etc. (mostly ante-class. and poet.; syn. merum): temeti nihil allatum intellego, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 6, Cato ap. Plin. 14, 13, 14, § 90; Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59; Varr. ap. Non. 5, 17; Pompon. ap. Fest. p. 364 Müll., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 163; Juv. 15, 25; * Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 6 (Fragm. ap. Non. 15, 15); Gell. 10, 23, 1.—Jocosely: temeti timor, as a name for a parasite , Nov. ap. Fest. p. 364 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 17 Rib.).