The corpus record

ἅλμα

alma · τό

spring, leap

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

1. ἅλμα · halma — LSJ

spring, leap, leap, fall from, the leap, track

spring, leap, poet. for Prose πήδημα, Od. 8.103, 128; ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leap or fall from rock, E. HF 1148, 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, jumping-ground

jumping, as an athletic contest, Simon. 153:—in pl., jumping-ground, τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν BCH 23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.).

II pulsation, palpitation

Medic., pulsation, palpitation, of the embryo, Hp. Alim. 42; of the heart, Id. Cord. 4; f.l. in Pl. Ti. 70d.

2. ἄλμα · alma — LSJ

= ἄλσος, Lyc. 319, Epic. ap. Did.ad D. 13.32.

In the wild

ἅλμα · halma Euripides, Electra 1 (DIORISIS sentence 252)
ἁλμάτων · halmatōn Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 716)
ἅλμʼ · halmʼ Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 57)
ἅλματα · halmata Euripides, Heracles 1148–1150
ἅλμα · halma Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 804)
ἅλμασιν · halmasin Odyssey 8.103

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἅλμα (scan p. 107; entry #376).

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