ἀμολγός
ἀμολγός, ὁ, always in the phrase νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ, usu. of
A). dead of night, , 11.173 15.324 , cf. h.Merc. 7 ; also of evening twilight, (when Venus is seen), and morning twilight, ib. 22.317 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 from 1018.21 ἀμολγός, Achaean for ἀκμή, but more prob. = milking-time.)