ἅλμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (ἅλλομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">spring, leap</b>, poet.for Prose <b class="b3">πήδημα</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.103</span>, <span class="bibl">128</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον</b> <b class="b2">leap</b> or <b class="b2">fall from</b> rock, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1148</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1268</span>; κρημνῶν ἅ. <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>225 (Ephesus); οἰκεῖον . . ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>96</span>; <b class="b3">κυνῆς ἅ</b>. <b class="b2">the leap</b> of the lot from the helmet, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1287</span>; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>439</span>; <b class="b2">track</b> of a comet, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>343b23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">jumping</b>, asanathletic contest, <span class="bibl">Simon.153</span>:—in pl., <b class="b2">jumping-ground</b>, τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν <span class="title">BCH</span>23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Medic., <b class="b2">pulsation, palpitation</b>, of the embryo, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Alim.</span>42</span>; of the heart, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cord.</span>4</span>; f.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70d</span>.</span>