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|Definition=aor. inf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀφάλασθια <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>6.14</span>; Ep. aor. part. ἀπάλμενος <span class="bibl">Bion <span class="title">Fr.</span>10.15</span>:—<b class="b2">spring off</b> or <b class="b2">down from</b>, πήδημα κοῦφον ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>305</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν . . ἀφήλατο</b> <b class="b2">jumped off</b> on to his head, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>147</span>; ἀφαλόμενος τοῦ ἵππου <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>27</span>, cf. Ael. l.c.; of a river, τῆς πέτρας πλεῖον ἢ στάδιον ἀ. τὴν καταφοράν <span class="bibl">Plb.10.48.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">jump, bound</b>, of a quick pulse, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Syn.Puls.</span>7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">rebound, glance off</b>, ἀπὸ τῶν λείων <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>420a22</span>; πέτρου <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>906</span>: abs., <span class="title">AP</span>9.159; <b class="b2">to be reflected</b>, πῦρ ἀπὸ πυρός Plu.2.931b.</span>

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