χάλασμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A slackened condition, relaxation, ἀναπνοὴ καὶ χ. Plu.2.133d, cf. Luc.Asin.9; lack of elasticity, Ph.Bel.58.8, 65.50; low tension of blood-vessels, Orib. 7.19.6.    2 gap in the line of battle, Plb.18.30.8; σύμμετρον ἔχειν χ. to be packed not too tightly, Plu.Aem.32.    3 slit, Ruf.Anat.59, Gal.4.733; χ. ποιῶν ἐν τῇ ὑποτομῇ IG7.3073.114 (Lebad., ii B. C.).    4 baulk or footpath on the edge of arable land, PLille2.16 (iii B. C.), PGiss.36.17 (ii B. C.), PLond.3.881.21 (ii B. C.), etc.    5 dislocation, ἄρθρων Dsc.1.109 (pl.).    6 congenital hernia, Vett.Val.161.19 (pl.).    7 free play (cf. foreg. 2) of a joint, Erot. s.v. πλοώδης.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1327] τό, Abspannung, Erschlaffung, Verrenkung, Sp.; Pol. vrbdt es mit διάστασις ἀλλήλων, 18, 13, 8; Luc. Asin. 9.