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χάλ-ασμα

chalasma · τό

slackened condition, relaxation

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What it meant — LSJ

slackened condition, relaxation, lack of elasticity, low tension

slackened condition, relaxation, ἀναπνοὴ καὶ χ. Plu. Sanit. 2.133d, cf. Luc. Asin. 9; lack of elasticity, Ph. Bel. 58.8, 65.50; low tension of blood-vessels, Orib. 7.19.6.

2 gap, not, tightly

gap in the line of battle, Plb. 18.30.8; σύμμετρον ἔχειν χ. to be packed not too tightly, Plu. Aem. 32.

3 slit

slit, Ruf. Anat. 59, Gal. 4.733; χ. ποιῶν ἐν τῇ ὑποτομῇ IG 7.3073.114 (Lebad., ii B. C.).

4 baulk, footpath

baulk or footpath on the edge of arable land, PLille 2.16 (iii B. C.), PGiss. 36.17 (ii B. C.), PLond. 3.881.21 (ii B. C.), etc.

5 dislocation

dislocation, ἄρθρων Dsc. 1.109 (pl.).

6 congenital hernia

congenital hernia, Vett.Val. 161.19 (pl.).

7 free play

free play (cf. foreg. 2) of a joint, Erot. s.v. πλοώδης.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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