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|Definition=τό, ([[ἅλλομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[spring]], [[leap]], ''poet.''for Prose [[πήδημα]], Od.8.103, 128; <b class="b3">ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον</b> [[leap]] or [[fall from]] [[rock]], E.''HF''1148, ''Ion'' 1268; κρημνῶν ἅ. ''Epigr.Gr.''225 (Ephesus); οἰκεῖον.. ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος E.''Hel.''96; <b class="b3">κυνῆς ἅ.</b> the [[leap]] of the [[lot]] from the [[helmet]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1287; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ E.''El.''439; [[track]] of a [[comet]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''343b23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[jumping]], as an [[athletic]] [[contest]], Simon.153:—in pl., [[jumping-ground]], τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν ''BCH''23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Medic., [[pulsation]], [[palpitation]], of the [[embryo]], Hp.''Alim.''42; of the heart, Id.''Cord.''4; [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Pl.''Ti.''70d.