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|Definition=<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>219</span>, etc., Ep. 3pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χαλόωσιν <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.451</span>; Aeol. 3pl. χόλαισι <span class="bibl">Alc.18.9</span> codd. Heraclit.: fut. <b class="b3">χᾰλάσω [λᾰ</b>] Hp.Aër.8, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>7.80</span>: aor. ἐχάλᾰσα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>177</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.23</span>, etc.; Ep. χάλασσα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>6</span>, pl. subj. χαλάσσομεν Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.10; Dor. part.χᾰλάξαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.6</span>; 3sg. fut. or aor. subj. [[χαλάξει]] (dub. sens.) <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.164 (Cyrene):—Med., Ep. aor. χαλάσαντο <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.1264</span>:—Pass., aor. [[ἐχαλάσθην]], subj. χᾰλασθῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>991</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>86c</span>: pf. κεχάλασμαι <span class="title">AP</span>9.297 (Antip.), <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>74</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot. 4.3.16</span>: plpf. ἐκεχάλαστο Aristid.1.315J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[slacken]], [[loosen]], <b class="b3">χ. βιόν, τόξα</b>, [[unstring]] the bow, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>27.12</span>; <b class="b3">χ. τὰ νεῦρα</b>, opp. [[συντείνειν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>; <b class="b3">χ. τὸν πόδα</b>, of a ship, v. [[πούς]] <span class="bibl">11.2</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χ</b>., opp. [[ἐπιτείνειν]], Plu.2.827b:—Pass., opp. [[ἐπιτείνεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86c</span>, <span class="bibl">94c</span>; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>653c</span>; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[let down]], [[let fall]], <b class="b3">πτέρυγα χαλάξαις</b> Pi.l.c.; <b class="b3">χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον</b> [[having unbent]] the brow, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>655</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">μαστοὺς χάλασον</b>, says the Cyclops to his ewe, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>55</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κράββατον, δίκτυα χ</b>., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span> 2.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>5.5</span>; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν Suid.; [[dip]] in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2886; [[soak]], PHolm.14.33:—Med., <b class="b3">ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο</b> [[lowered]] it, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1264</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[let loose]], [[release]], τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 177</span> (anap.); abs., <b class="b2">let go, slacken one's hold</b>, <b class="b3">μηδαμῇ χάλα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡνίας χ</b>. [[slacken]] the reins, especially in metaph. sense, χ. τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>409</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κλῇθρα χ</b>. [[loose]] the bars or bolts, i.e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the door, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1187</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>808</span>; κλῇδας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1314</span>; χ. τοὺς μοχλούς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>310</span>; but also πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>879</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things drawn tightly together, χ. κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1266</span>; χ. πᾶν κάλυμμ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1468</span>; χ. δεσμά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>577</span>; ἀσκόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>161</span>; τὸ στόμα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>6.8</span>:—Pass., τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>43</span>; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>991</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.99</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Coac.</span>20</span>; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.61</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὴν ὀργήν χ</b>. [[let]] it [[go]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>727</span> (anap.); χ. [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.104c</span>; χ. ἐπιθυμίαν Plu.2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.3</span>; [[remit]], μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν . . ὑπεροχήν <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span> 122</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν</b> [[relaxed]] the strict [[principle]] that . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>242e</span>:—Pass., to [[be softened]], λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος <span class="bibl">Callistr.<span class="title">Stat.</span>5</span>; also <b class="b3">κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον</b> [[to have free play]], opp. [[συντετάχθαι]], <span class="bibl">Plot.4.3.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[become slack]] or [[loose]], opp. [[συντείνω]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>98d</span>; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι <span class="bibl">Alc.18.9</span> (s. v.l.); ζῶναι χαλῶσι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>935</span>; <b class="b3">πύλαι χαλῷσαι</b> [[open]] gates, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.29</span>: metaph. c. gen., [[have a remission of]], χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶν; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1057</span> (anap.); (also abs., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>203</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">840</span>); [[relax]], φρονήματος χ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>716</span>; τῆς ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>383</span> (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers., <b class="b3">χ. τινι</b> [[give way]] or [[yield to]] any one, [[be indulgent to]] him, εἰ τοῖσιν . . κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>219</span>; χάλα τοκεῦσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>403</span>; with gen. add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>86e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>7</span>: abs., [[give way]], εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>637</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[grow slack]] or [[weak]], ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι Id.<span class="title">R.</span>329c; [[abate]], χαλάσει ὁ παγετός Hp.Aër.8; ὀδύνη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Acut.</span>16</span>.</span>