ἅλμα

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Ἐκ τῶν πόνων τοι τἀγάθ' αὔξεται βροτοῖς → Crescunt labore cuncta bona mortalibus → Das Gute wächst den Sterblichen aus ihrem Müh'n

Menander, Monostichoi, 149
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Full diacritics: ἅλμα Medium diacritics: ἅλμα Low diacritics: άλμα Capitals: ΑΛΜΑ
Transliteration A: hálma Transliteration B: halma Transliteration C: alma Beta Code: a(/lma

English (LSJ)

τό, (ἅλλομαι)

   A spring, leap, poet.for Prose πήδημα, Od.8.103, 128; ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leap or fall from rock, E.HF1148, Ion 1268; κρημνῶν ἅ. Epigr.Gr.225 (Ephesus); οἰκεῖον . . ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος E.Hel.96; κυνῆς ἅ. the leap of the lot from the helmet, S.Aj.1287; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ E.El.439; track of a comet, Arist.Mete.343b23.    2 jumping, asanathletic contest, Simon.153:—in pl., jumping-ground, τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν BCH23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.).    II Medic., pulsation, palpitation, of the embryo, Hp.Alim.42; of the heart, Id.Cord.4; f.l. in Pl.Ti.70d.