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ἀμέλγω

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Gloss: to extract

Transliteration: amelgō

Strong’s: G6255

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 [<date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date>
4. to drink , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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