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)