ἀμολγός
amolgos
dead
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμολγός, ὁ, always in the phrase νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ, usu. of A. 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 Fr. 69; ἀμολγός alone, H. 34.12, f.l. in Fr. 781.6:—as Adj., νύξ ib.104. (Derived by 1018.21 from ἀμολγός, Achaean for ἀκμή, but more prob. = milking-time.)
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