ἀμολγός
ἀμολγός, in the hours before daybreak
- Hom. always in the phrase νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ, usu. of dead of 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; ἀμολγός alone, Orph. H. 34.12, f.l. in E. Fr. 781.6:—as Adj., νύξ ib. 104. (Derived by Eust. 1018.21 from ἀμολγός, Achaean for ἀκμή, but more prob. = milking-time.)
I subst.
1 (ἐν) νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ en plena noche, en la oscuridad de la noche, Il.11.173, 15.324, 22.28, 317, Od.4.841, h.Merc.7, h.Hom.18.7
• la oscuridad (de la noche)
προφυγὼν ἱερᾶς νυκτὸς ἀμολγόν
δι' ἀμολγοῦ, νυκτὸς ἐν ἡσυχίαισιν
• expl. de varias maneras por los comentaristas,
τῷ μεσονυκτίῳ, ἤτοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, ἐν ᾗ ἀμέλγουσιν
ἢ τὸν τοῦ ἀμέλγειν καιρόν. διττὸς δὲ αὐτός, ἢ ἑῷος ἢ ἑσπέριος. καὶ ἄλλως δὲ, ἀμολγὸς νυκτὸς τὸ πυκνὸν ... Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ ... ἀμολγὸν τὴν ἀκμήν φασιν, ὡς εἶναι νυκτὸς ἀμολγὸν τὴν ἀκμὴν ἤτοι τὸ μέσον
ἀμολγός· σημαίνει ... ἀωρίαν, σκότος
2 ordeñador
ἀ., ὁ ἐκπιάζων τὰ πρόβατα
• fig. chupón, explotador
ἀμολγοί· οἱ ἀμέλγοντες τὰ κοινὰ καὶ διαφοροῦντες τὰ δημόσια
ἀμολγοὺς δὲ τοὺς ἐξαμέλγοντας καὶ ἁρπάζοντας
3 colodra
σκεῦος ἐν ᾧ ἀμέλγουσι τὸ γάλα οἱ ποιμένες
• dud. tonel
σημαίνει ... καὶ ξύλινον οἰνοφόρον
4
φλογμός
(quizá ref. al mediodía, cf.
II adj. -ός, -όν negro
ἀμολγὸν νύκτα
σημαίνει μέλαν
•Tradicionalmente se ha rel. c. ἀμέλγω, pero recientemente se ha puesto en duda, prob. con razón.
Sense unknown. (ἐν) νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ,
gen. rendered, in the depth or gloom of night Il. 11.173, Il. 15.324, Il. 22.28, 317: Od. 4.841. (But Sirius, referred to in Il. 22.27 as shining ὀπώρης, is not then seen in the depth of night; and ἀστὴρ ἕσπερος in Il. 22.317 also causes difficulty.)
- a word of uncertain sense:—Hom. always joins νυκτὸς ἀμολγῶι, in the hours before daybreak, or the hours after sunset, i. e. generally, at night-time, Il. (The supposition that ἀμολγός meant milking-time (from ἀμέλγω) will not suit the sense. It is said that ἀμολγός was an old word for ἀκμή, so that νυκτὸς ἀμ. means the dead of night.)