παλμός,ὁ,
A. quivering motion, πυγῆς
Alciphr. 1.39
; esp.pulsation, throbbing(onπ.andσφυγμόςcf. Gal. 8.716 ), φλεβῶν
Hp. Acut. 37
; ὑποχονδρίου
Id. Epid. 1.26
. β́; ὑπὸ κροτάφοισι
Nic. Al. 27
, cf. Th. 744 : abs.,palpitation of the heart, a disease, Arist. Resp. 479b21 ;twitching, Gal. 7.588 .
2. of natural phenomena,vibration, rapid motion, D.S. 3.51 , Nonn. D. 2.193 , al.; of meteors, Plu. Lys. 12 codd.;impetusof a projectile, Ath.Mech. 37.8 .
3. in Epicur. ,internal vibrationof bodies,Ep.I p.8 U., cf. Id. ap. Placit. 1.12.5 ( v.l. ἀποπαλμός ).