1. ἀμέλγω · amelgō — Beekes
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ἀμέλγω
amelgo
milk
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What it meant
2. ἀμέλγω · amelgō — Chantraine
3. ἀμέλγω · amelgō — Frisk
4. ἀμέλγω · amelgō — LSJ
milk, with acc. of animals milked, μῆλα . . ὅσσʼ ἤμελγε Od. 9.238; ἤμελγεν ὄϊς καὶ μηκάδας αῖγας ib. 244; βόας Theoc. 4.3: metaph., ἀμέλγεις τοὺς ξένους you drain them of all they have, Ar. Eq. 326: prov., ἀ. τὸν τράγον, of wasted labour, Plb. 33.21.1, Luc. Demon. 28:—Med., ἀ. χροὸς αἷμα Nic. Al. 506: metaph., ἐκ Σαπφοῦς τόδʼ ἀμελγόμενος μέλι τοι φέρω Lyr.Adesp. 62.
suck up moisture, of the sun, Nonn. D. 2.500.
c. acc., of milk, ἀ. γάλα Hdt. 4.2:—Pass., ὄϊες . . ἀμελγόμεναι γάλα λευκόν milch-ewes, Il. 4.434; γάλα πολὺ ἀ. Arist. HA 523a7, cf. 522a15; νέκταρ ἀμέλγονται Ion Eleg. 1 [26]:—Med., let suck, Opp. C. 1.437.
metaph., squeeze out like milk, press out, ἐκ βοτρύων ξανθὸν ἄμελξε γάνος AP 9.645 (Maced.); δάκρυ ἠλέκτροιο D.P. 293.
drink, αὐτὸ λαβὼν ποτὶ χεῖλος ἀμέλξω Theoc. 23.25, cf. Bion 1.48, Nonn. D. 12.321:—Med., ib. 12.320, al. (ἀ- euph., cf. mulgeo, milk.)
In the wild
- ἀμέλγεις · amelgeis Aristophanes, Knights 2 (DIORISIS sentence 280)
- ἀμέλγουσι · amelgousi Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4106)
- ἀμέλξωσι · amelxōsi Herodotus, Histories 4.2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4109)
- ἀμελγόμεναι · amelgomenai Iliad 4.434
- ἤμελγε · ēmelge Odyssey 9.238
- ἤμελγεν · ēmelgen Odyssey 9.244
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμέλγω (scan p. 133; entry #450).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀμέλγω (scan p. 88; entry #472).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμέλγω (scan p. 121; entry #438).
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