I.to milk: “oves,” Verg. E. 3, 5: “capras,” Plin. 10, 39, 56, § 115.—Absol.: “mulgent ad caseum faciendum,” Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4.—Prov.: “mulgere hircos, of something impossible,” Verg. E. 3, 91.
mulgĕo , si, sum or ctum, 2, v. a. Sanscr marǵ, wipe or rub away; Gr. ἀ-μέλγω; Germ. melken; Engl. milk,