ἀμολγός,ὁ, Hom. always in the phraseνυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ,usu. of
A. deadof night, Il. 11.173 , 15.324 , cf. h.Merc. 7 ; also of evening twilight, Il. 22.317 (when Venus is seen), and morning twilight, ib. 28 (when Sirius rises in autumn); ἱερᾶς νυκτὸς ἀμολγόν
A. Fr. 69
;ἀμολγόςalone, Orph. H. 34.12 ,f.l. in
E. Fr. 781.6 :—asAdj.,νύξib. 104 . (Derived by Eust. 1018.21 fromἀμολγός,Achaean forἀκμή,but more prob.= milking-time.)