χάλασις
Τάς θύρας, τάς θύρας. Ἐν σοφία πρόσχωμεν. → the doors, the doors, in wisdom let us attend | The doors! The doors! In wisdom, let us be attentive!
English (LSJ)
[χᾰ], εως, ἡ,
A slackening, loosening, of bandages, Hp. Fract.10 (pl.); τῇ χ. τε καὶ ἀνέσει Pl.R.590b; relaxation, τοῦ ῥοώδους χαλάσεως δεομένου Gal.Sect.Intr.7; τῶν στεγνῶν ib.6; but χ. νόσου remission, opp. ἐπίδοσις, Id.19.190. 2 free play of the parts of a whole, Plot.4.4.45; τῇ χαλάσει εἰδοποιηθῆναι Dam.Pr. 47. 3 lowering by means of pulleys, κιόνων University of Egypt, Faculty of Arts Bulletin 3(2).58.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1326] εως, ἡ, das Nachlassen, Loslassen, καὶ ἄνεσις Plat. Rep. IX, 590 b; – dah. das Abspannen, Erschlaffen, Schlaffwerden; ἄρθρων, Verrenkung, Diosc.; – Erweiterung einer zusammengezogenen Oeffnung, id.