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ἅλμα (halma) a leap ^G:N-N

ἅλμα, τό,

(ἅλλομαι) spring, leap, poetryfor Prose πήδημα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leap or fall from rock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκεῖον.. ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυνῆς ἅ. the leap of the lot from the helmet, [ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 439">Refs 5th c.BC+]; track of a comet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 jumping, asanathletic contest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in plural, jumping-ground, τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II in Medicine texts, pulsation, palpitation, of the embryo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the heart, [Refs]; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]