χαλατονέω
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
A to be loose, of joints, Dsc.1.112; get loose, of a bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.33.5; relax in tension, Porph. in Harm. p.294 W., Herm.in Phdr.p.130A.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1327] in der Spannung nachlassen, Porphyr. ad Ptolem. Harmon.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χᾰλᾰτονέω: χαλῶ, χαλαρώνω τὴν ἔντασιν, Πορφύρ. εἰς Πτολεμ. Ἁρμ. σ. 294.
