The corpus record

χᾰλᾰρ-ός

chalaros

slack, loose

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 4 · 5.76/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

χᾰλᾰρ-ός · chalar-os — LSJ

slack, loose, loose, supple, loose, languid, effeminate, relaxed, open

slack, loose, δέρματα Hp. Aph. 5.71; ὑποδήματα Ar. Th. 263; ἁλύσεις Th. 2.76; χαλινός X. Eq. 10.3, cf. 7.1; θῶραξ ib. 12.1; χ. κοτυληδών loose, supple joint, Ar. V. 1495 (anap.); χ. κνήμη, opp. σκληρά, X. Eq. 7.6; χ. ἁρμονίαι loose, languid, effeminate music, Pl. R. 398e; χαλαρωτέραν . . ἐποίησε χορδαῖς δώδεκα (sc. τὴν μουσικήν) Pherecr. 145.5; χ. πόροι relaxed, open pores, Arist. HA 514a32; τὸ χ., = χαλαρότης, Anaximen. 1. Adv. -ρῶς Hp. Fract. 16; χ. ἐνηρμόσθαι, δεδέσθαι, Plb. 34.3.5, Gp. 5.8.4

In the wild

χαλαραὶ · chalarai Plato, Republic 3.398 (DIORISIS sentence 1735)
χαλαραῖς · chalarais Thucydides, History 2.76.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1496)
χαλαρῷ · chalarōi Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 10.3 (DIORISIS sentence 298)
χαλαρὸν · chalaron Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 353)
χαλαρὸν · chalaron Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 193)
χαλαρὰν · chalaran Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 7.6 (DIORISIS sentence 202)

Where it came from

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