ἀμολγός

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.)