ἀμολγός

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Hom. 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 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.)