ἅλμα,τό, (ἅλλομαι)
A. spring, leap,poet.for Proseπήδημα,
Od. 8.103 , 128 ;ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leaporfall fromrock, E. HF 1148 , Ion 1268 ; κρημνῶν ἅ.
Epigr.Gr. 225
(Ephesus); οἰκεῖον . . ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος
E. Hel. 96
;κυνῆς ἅ. the leapof the lot from the helmet, S. Aj. 1287 ; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ
E. El. 439
;trackof a comet, Arist. Mete. 343b23 .
2. jumping,asanathletic contest, Simon. 153 :—in pl.,jumping-ground,
τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν
BCH 23.566
(Delph.,iii B. C.).
II. Medic.,pulsation, palpitation,of the embryo, Hp. Alim. 42 ; of the heart, Id. Cord. 4 ;f.l. in
Pl. Ti. 70d .