G6255 — ἀμέλγω

1. to milk sheep and goats; βόας (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus): —;Mid., in metaphorically sense, ἀμέλγεσθαι τοὺς ξένους to milk them dry, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. to draw milk from the animals, ἀμ. γάλα (Herdotus Historicus); Pass., ὄϊες ἀμελγόμεναι γάλα having milk drawn from them, milch- ewes, (Iliad by Homer) 3. metaphorically to squeeze out like milk, to press out , ἐκ βοτρύων ξανθὸν ἄμελξε γάνος [variant datesAnthology Palantina 4. to drink , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)