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ἔξαλσις

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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
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Transliteration A: éxalsis Transliteration B: exalsis Transliteration C: eksalsis Beta Code: e)/calsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A leaping with the legs held together (κομιδὴ σκελῶν συνεχής) for exercise, Aret.CD1.2.    II dislocation, displacement, Hp.Art.46.

German (Pape)

[Seite 866] ἡ, der Sprung auf einem Fleck mit zusammengehaltenen Füßen, Aret. – Bei Hippocr. = Verrenkung.