| |Definition=<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>219</span>, etc., Ep. 3pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χαλόωσιν <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.451</span>; Aeol. 3pl. χόλαισι <span class="bibl">Alc.18.9</span> codd. Heraclit.: fut. <b class="b3">χᾰλάσω [λᾰ</b>] Hp.Aër.8, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>7.80</span>: aor. ἐχάλᾰσα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>177</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.23</span>, etc.; Ep. χάλασσα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>6</span>, pl. subj. χαλάσσομεν Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.10; Dor. part.χᾰλάξαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.6</span>; 3sg. fut. or aor. subj. [[χαλάξει]] (dub. sens.) <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.164 (Cyrene):—Med., Ep. aor. χαλάσαντο <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.1264</span>:—Pass., aor. [[ἐχαλάσθην]], subj. χᾰλασθῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>991</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>86c</span>: pf. κεχάλασμαι <span class="title">AP</span>9.297 (Antip.), <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>74</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.3.16</span>: plpf. ἐκεχάλαστο Aristid.1.315J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[slacken]], [[loosen]], <b class="b3">χαλάω βιόν, χαλάω τόξα</b>, [[unstring]] the [[bow]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>27.12</span>; <b class="b3">χαλάω τὰ νεῦρα</b>, opp. [[συντείνειν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>; <b class="b3">χαλάω τὸν πόδα</b>, of a [[ship]], v. [[πούς]] <span class="bibl">II.2</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χαλάω</b>, opp. [[ἐπιτείνειν]], Plu.2.827b:—Pass., opp. [[ἐπιτείνεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86c</span>, <span class="bibl">94c</span>; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>653c</span>; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[let down]], [[let fall]], <b class="b3">πτέρυγα χαλάξαις</b> Pi.l.c.; <b class="b3">χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον</b> [[having unbent]] the brow, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>655</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">μαστοὺς χάλασον</b>, says the Cyclops to his [[ewe]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>55</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κράββατον χαλάω, δίκτυα χαλάω</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span> 2.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>5.5</span>; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν Suid.; [[dip]] in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2886; [[soak]], PHolm.14.33:—Med., <b class="b3">ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο</b> [[lowered]] it, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1264</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[let loose]], [[release]], τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 177</span> (anap.); abs., [[let go]], [[slacken one's hold]], <b class="b3">μηδαμῇ χάλα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡνίας χαλάω</b> [[slacken the reins]], especially in metaph. sense, χαλάω τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>409</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κλῇθρα χαλάω</b> [[loose]] the [[bar]]s or [[bolt]]s, i.e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the [[door]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1187</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>808</span>; κλῇδας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1314</span>; χαλάω τοὺς μοχλούς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>310</span>; but also πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>879</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things drawn tightly together, χαλάω κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1266</span>; χαλάω πᾶν κάλυμμ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1468</span>; χαλάω δεσμά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>577</span>; ἀσκόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>161</span>; τὸ στόμα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>6.8</span>:—Pass., τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>43</span>; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>991</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χαλάω <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.99</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Coac.</span>20</span>; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.61</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὴν ὀργήν χαλάω</b> [[let]] it [[go]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>727</span> (anap.); χαλάω [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.104c</span>; χαλάω ἐπιθυμίαν Plu.2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.3</span>; [[remit]], μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν . . ὑπεροχήν <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span> 122</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν</b> [[relaxed]] the [[strict]] [[principle]] that . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>242e</span>:—Pass., to [[be softened]], λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος <span class="bibl">Callistr.<span class="title">Stat.</span>5</span>; also <b class="b3">κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον</b> to [[have free play]], opp. [[συντετάχθαι]], <span class="bibl">Plot.4.3.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[become slack]] or [[become loose]], opp. [[συντείνω]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι <span class="bibl">Alc.18.9</span> ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); ζῶναι χαλῶσι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>935</span>; <b class="b3">πύλαι χαλῷσαι</b> [[open]] [[gate]]s, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.29</span>: metaph. c. gen., [[have a remission of]], χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶν; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1057</span> (anap.); (also abs., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>203</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">840</span>); [[relax]], φρονήματος χαλάω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>716</span>; τῆς ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>383</span> (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers., <b class="b3">χαλάω τινι</b> [[give way]] or [[yield to]] any one, [[be indulgent to]] him, εἰ τοῖσιν . . κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>219</span>; χάλα τοκεῦσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>403</span>; with [[genitive]] add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>86e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>7</span>: abs., [[give way]], εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>637</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[grow slack]] or [[grow weak]], ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι Id.<span class="title">R.</span>329c; [[abate]], χαλάσει ὁ [[παγετός]] Hp.Aër.8; ὀδύνη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Acut.</span>16</span>.</span> | | |Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> A.''Eu.''219, etc., Ep. 3pl. χαλόωσιν Opp.''H.''2.451; Aeol. 3pl. χόλαισι Alc.18.9 codd. Heraclit.: fut. χᾰλάσω [λᾰ] Hp.Aër.8, ''Epid.''7.80: aor. ἐχάλᾰσα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''177 (anap.), Hp.''Epid.''7.23, etc.; Ep. [[χάλασσα]] ''h.Ap.''6, pl. subj. χαλάσσομεν Alc.''Supp.''23.10; Dor. part.χᾰλάξαις Pi.''P.''1.6; 3sg. fut. or aor. subj. [[χαλάξει]] (dub. sens.) ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.164 (Cyrene):—Med., Ep. aor. χαλάσαντο A.R. 2.1264:—Pass., aor. ἐχαλάσθην, subj. χᾰλασθῇ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''991, Pl. ''Phd.''86c: pf. κεχάλασμαι ''AP''9.297 (Antip.), App.''Mith.''74, Plot. 4.3.16: plpf. ἐκεχάλαστο Aristid.1.315J.<br><span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[slacken]], [[loosen]], <b class="b3">χαλάω βιόν, χαλάω τόξα</b>, [[unstring]] the [[bow]], ''h.Ap.''6, ''h.Hom.''27.12; <b class="b3">χαλάω τὰ νεῦρα</b>, opp. [[συντείνειν]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 98d; <b class="b3">χαλάω τὸν πόδα</b>, of a [[ship]], v. [[πούς]] II.2: metaph., <b class="b3">τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χαλάω</b>, opp. [[ἐπιτείνειν]], Plu.2.827b:—Pass., opp. [[ἐπιτείνεσθαι]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 86c, 94c; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι Id.''Lg.''653c; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς Porph.''Marc.''7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[let down]], [[let fall]], <b class="b3">πτέρυγα χαλάξαις</b> Pi.l.c.; <b class="b3">χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον</b> [[having unbent]] the brow, Ar.''V.''655 (anap.); <b class="b3">μαστοὺς χάλασον</b>, says the Cyclops to his [[ewe]], E.''Cyc.''55 (lyr.); <b class="b3">κράββατον χαλάω, δίκτυα χαλάω</b>, ''Ev.Marc.'' 2.4, ''Ev.Luc.''5.5; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν Suid.; [[dip]] in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα ''PMag.Par.''1.2886; [[soak]], PHolm.14.33:—Med., <b class="b3">ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο</b> [[lowered]] it, A.R.2.1264.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[let loose]], [[release]], τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 177 (anap.); abs., [[let go]], [[slacken one's hold]], <b class="b3">μηδαμῇ χάλα</b> ib.58.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡνίας χαλάω</b> [[slacken the reins]], especially in metaph. sense, χαλάω τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 338a, cf. E.''Fr.''409.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κλῇθρα χαλάω</b> [[loose]] the [[bar]]s or [[bolt]]s, i.e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the [[door]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''1187, E.''Hipp.''808; κλῇδας Id.''Med.''1314; χαλάω τοὺς μοχλούς Ar.''Lys.''310; but also [[πύλας]] μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε A.''Ch.''879.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things drawn tightly together, χαλάω κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1266; χαλάω πᾶν κάλυμμ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν Id.''El.''1468; χαλάω δεσμά [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''577; ἀσκόν Id.''Cyc.''161; τὸ στόμα X.''Eq.''6.8:—Pass., τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα Hp.''Art.''43; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''991.<br><span class="bld">7</span> of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χαλάω Hp.''Prorrh.''1.99, cf. ''Coac.''20; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια Id.''Mul.''1.61.<br><span class="bld">8</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὴν ὀργήν χαλάω</b> [[let]] it [[go]], Ar.''V.''727 (anap.); χαλάω [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός Ti.Locr.104c; χαλάω ἐπιθυμίαν Plu.2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές Alciphr.3.3; [[remit]], μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν.. ὑπεροχήν Procl.''Inst.'' 122; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν</b> [[relaxed]] the [[strict]] [[principle]] that.. Pl.''Sph.''242e:—Pass., to [[be softened]], λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος Callistr.''Stat.''5; also <b class="b3">κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον</b> to [[have free play]], opp. [[συντετάχθαι]], Plot.4.3.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[become slack]] or [[become loose]], opp. [[συντείνω]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 98d; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι Alc.18.9 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); ζῶναι χαλῶσι E.''Ba.''935; <b class="b3">πύλαι χαλῷσαι</b> [[open]] [[gate]]s, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.29: metaph. c. gen., [[have a remission of]], χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας Alc.''Supp.''23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶν; [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1057 (anap.); (also abs., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''203 (lyr.), 840); [[relax]], φρονήματος χαλάω E.''Fr.''716; τῆς ὀργῆς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''383 (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος Dam.''Pr.''13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers., <b class="b3">χαλάω τινι</b> [[give way]] or [[yield to]] any one, [[be indulgent to]] him, εἰ τοῖσιν.. κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς A.''Eu.''219; χάλα τοκεῦσιν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Hecuba|Hec.]]''403; with [[genitive]] add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον Pl.''Men.''86e, cf. Plu.''Lyc.''7: abs., [[give way]], εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''637.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[grow slack]] or [[grow weak]], ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι Id.''R.''329c; [[abate]], χαλάσει ὁ [[παγετός]] Hp.Aër.8; ὀδύνη Id.''Acut.''16. |
| |btext=-ῶ :<br /><i>impf.</i> ἐχάλων, <i>f.</i> χαλάσω, <i>ao.</i> ἐχάλασα, <i>pf.</i> κεχάλακα;<br /><i>Pass. f. inus., ao.</i> ἐχαλάσθην, <i>pf.</i> κεχάλασμαι, <i>pqp.</i> ἐκεχαλάσμην;<br /><b>1</b> <i>tr.</i> relâcher, détendre, laisser aller : πὰν κάλυμμ’ ἀπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν SOPH retirer tous les voiles qui le cachent à mes yeux ; <i>Pass.</i> être relâché, se relâcher : [[σῶμα]] κεχαλασμένον PLAT corps détendu, relâché, amolli ; <i>avec double rég.</i> : χαλᾶν τινα ἐκ δεσμῶν ESCHL relâcher <i>ou</i> délivrer qqn de ses liens ; τινα κακῶν ESCHL délivrer qqn de ses maux ; <i>fig.</i> ὀργήν AR se relâcher de sa colère ; ἐπιθυμίαν PLUT de son désir;<br /><b>2</b> <i>intr.</i> se détendre, se relâcher : πύλαι χαλῶσαι XÉN porte qui s'ouvre ; <i>fig.</i> χαλᾶν τοῦ τόνου LUC se relâcher de sa tension, de son effort ; avec un dat. : τοῖς τοκεῦσιν EUR pardonner à des parents ; <i>abs.</i> céder.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG étym. incertaine. | | |btext=[[χαλῶ]] :<br /><i>impf.</i> ἐχάλων, <i>f.</i> χαλάσω, <i>ao.</i> ἐχάλασα, <i>pf.</i> κεχάλακα;<br /><i>Pass. f. inus., ao.</i> ἐχαλάσθην, <i>pf.</i> κεχάλασμαι, <i>pqp.</i> ἐκεχαλάσμην;<br /><b>1</b> <i>tr.</i> relâcher, détendre, laisser aller : πὰν κάλυμμ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν SOPH retirer tous les voiles qui le cachent à mes yeux ; <i>Pass.</i> être relâché, se relâcher : [[σῶμα]] κεχαλασμένον PLAT corps détendu, relâché, amolli ; <i>avec double rég.</i> : χαλᾶν τινα ἐκ δεσμῶν ESCHL relâcher <i>ou</i> délivrer qqn de ses liens ; τινα κακῶν ESCHL délivrer qqn de ses maux ; <i>fig.</i> ὀργήν AR se relâcher de sa colère ; ἐπιθυμίαν PLUT de son désir;<br /><b>2</b> <i>intr.</i> se détendre, se relâcher : πύλαι χαλῶσαι XÉN porte qui s'ouvre ; <i>fig.</i> χαλᾶν τοῦ τόνου LUC se relâcher de sa tension, de son effort ; avec un dat. : τοῖς τοκεῦσιν EUR pardonner à des parents ; <i>abs.</i> céder.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG étym. incertaine. |
| |mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to [[slacken]], [[loosen]], χ. βιόν, τόξα to [[unstring]] the bow, h. Hom., Plat.: metaph., χ. τὴν ὀργήν Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to let down, let [[sink]], [[fall]] or [[droop]], πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pind.; χαλάσας τὸ [[μέτωπον]] having unbent the [[brow]], Ar.; δίκτυα χ. N.T.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to let [[loose]], [[loose]], [[release]], Aesch.:—absol. to let go, [[slacken]] one's [[hold]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> ἡνίας χ. to [[slack]] the [[reins]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> κλῇθρα or [[κλῇδας]] χ. to [[loose]] the bars or bolts, i. e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the [[door]], Soph., Eur.; also, πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε Aesch.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things [[drawn]] [[tightly]] [[together]], Soph., Eur.:—Pass., πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ [[δεσμά]] Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. to [[become]] [[slack]] or [[loose]], Eur.; πύλαι χαλῶσι the gates [[stand]] [[open]], Xen.:—metaph., c. gen., to [[have]] a [[remission]] of, μανιῶν, κακῶν Aesch.; τῆς ὀργῆς Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. dat., χ. τινί to [[yield]] to any one, to be [[indulgent]] to him, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to [[remit]], to [[grow]] [[slack]], Plat. | | |mdlsjtxt=<b class="num">I.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to [[slacken]], [[loosen]], χ. βιόν, τόξα to [[unstring]] the bow, h. Hom., Plat.: metaph., χ. τὴν ὀργήν Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to let down, let [[sink]], [[fall]] or [[droop]], πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pind.; χαλάσας τὸ [[μέτωπον]] having unbent the [[brow]], Ar.; δίκτυα χ. N.T.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to let [[loose]], [[loose]], [[release]], Aesch.:—absol. to let go, [[slacken]] one's [[hold]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> ἡνίας χ. to [[slack]] the [[reins]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> κλῇθρα or [[κλῇδας]] χ. to [[loose]] the bars or bolts, i. e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the [[door]], Soph., Eur.; also, πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε Aesch.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things [[drawn]] [[tightly]] [[together]], Soph., Eur.:—Pass., πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ [[δεσμά]] Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. to [[become]] [[slack]] or [[loose]], Eur.; πύλαι χαλῶσι the gates [[stand]] [[open]], Xen.:—metaph., c. gen., to [[have]] a [[remission]] of, μανιῶν, κακῶν Aesch.; τῆς ὀργῆς Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. dat., χ. τινί to [[yield]] to any one, to be [[indulgent]] to him, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to [[remit]], to [[grow]] [[slack]], Plat. |