The corpus record

διαχαλ-άω

diachalao

loosen, relax

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k

What it meant

διαχαλ-άω · diachal-aō — LSJ

loosen, relax, unbar

loosen, relax, τὸ πῦρ δ. τὸ πεπηγός Arist. Pr. 886b2; τὰς ἁρμονίας τοῦ σώματος Epicr. 3.19; δ. μέλαθρα unbar, E. IA 1340.

II make supple by exercise

make supple by exercise, X. Eq. 7.11.

III to be disjointed, gape

intr., to be disjointed, gape, ὀστέον Hp. VC 12 (v.l. διαχαλασθῇ).

In the wild

διαχαλᾶτέ · diachalate Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1340 (DIORISIS sentence 798)
διαχαλῴη · diachalōiē Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 7.11 (DIORISIS sentence 215)

Where it came from

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