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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">quivering motion</b>, πυγῆς <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.39</span>; esp. [[pulsation]], [[throbbing]] (on <b class="b3">π</b>. and <b class="b3">σφυγμός</b> cf. Gal.8.716), φλεβῶν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>37</span>; ὑποχονδρίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>. β; ὑπὸ κροτάφοισι <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>744</span>: abs., <b class="b2">palpitation of the heart</b>, a disease, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>479b21</span>; [[twitching]], Gal.7.588. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of natural phenomena, [[vibration]], [[rapid motion]], <span class="bibl">D.S. 3.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>2.193</span>, al.; of meteors, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>12</span> codd.; [[impetus]] of a projectile, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.37.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in Epicur., <b class="b2">internal vibration</b> of bodies, <span class="title">Ep.</span> I p.8 U., cf. Id. ap. <span class="title">Placit.</span>1.12.5 (v.l. [[ἀποπαλμός]]).</span>