Ἀμολγός
midnight
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝19 Mar 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the dead of night, or the hour at which animals are not milked [a)me/lgontai ].1 Or else, by removal of the gamma [amolgos becomes amolos], the hour at which no one goes about [molei= ]. Or else by removal of the lambda [amolgos becomes amogos], the hour at which no one toils [mogei= ].