ἀμέλγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. -ξω Theoc.23.25, [[milk]], with acc. of animals milked, μῆλα.. ὅσσ' ἤμελγε Od.9.238; [[ἤμελγεν ὄϊς καὶ μηκάδας αῖγας]] = [[he milked the sheep and bleating goats]] ib. 244; βόας Theoc.4.3: metaph., [[ἀμέλγεις τοὺς ξένους]] = [[you drain strangers of all they have]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''326: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀμέλγω τὸν τράγον]] = [[milk the he-goat]], [[waste one's labour]], [[beat the air]], [[waste one's time]], [[have no effect whatsoever]], of [[wasted labour]], Plb.33.21.1, Luc.''Demon.''28:—Med., ἀμέλγω χροὸς αἷμα Nic.''Al.''506: metaph., ἐκ Σαπφοῦς τόδ' ἀμελγόμενος μέλι τοι φέρω ''Lyr.Adesp.'' 62.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[suck up]] moisture, of the sun, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 2.500.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c.acc., of milk, ἀ. γάλα Hdt.4.2:—Pass., [[ὥς τ' ὄιες πολυπάμονος ἀνδρὸς ἐν αὐλῇ μυρίαι ἑστήκασιν ἀμελγόμεναι γάλα λευκόν]] = [[just as ewes past counting stand in the fold of a man of much substance to be milked of their white milk]], Il.4.434; γάλα πολὺ ἀ. Arist.''HA''523a7, cf. 522a15; [[νέκταρ ἀμέλγονται]] Ion Eleg.''1'':—Med., let such, Opp.''C.''1.437.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[squeeze out like milk]], [[press out]], ἐκ βοτρύων ξανθὸν ἄμελξε γάνος ''AP''9.645 (Maced.); δάκρυ ἠλέκτροιο D.P.293.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[drink]], αὐτὸ λαβὼν ποτὶ χεῖλος ἀμέλξω Theoc.23.25, cf. Bion 1.48, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 12.321:—Med., ib.12.320, al. ([[ἀ-]] euph., cf. [[mulgeo]], [[milk]].)