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χᾰλάω,
[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χαλόωσιν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.451 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural χόλαισι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 codices 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]future χᾰλάσω [λᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8, “Epid.” 7.80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐχάλᾰσα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.23, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect χάλασσα [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 6 ] Refs], plural subjunctive χαλάσσομεν [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle χᾰλάξαις [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular future or aorist subjunctive χαλάξει (uncertain meaning) [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.164 (from Cyrene)] Refs]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist χαλάσαντο [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264:] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, aorist ἐχαλάσθην, subjunctive χᾰλασθῇ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κεχάλασμαι [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.297 (Antip.), 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Μιθριδάτειος” 74, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: pluperfect ἐκεχάλαστο [[ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.315J. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I transitive, slacken, loosen, χ. βιόν, τόξα, unstring the bow, [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 6, “Hymni Homerici” 27.12 ] Refs]; χ. τὰ νεῦρα, opposed to συντείνειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χ. τὸν πόδα, of a ship, see at {πούς} II.2: _metaphorically_, τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χ., opposed to ἐπιτείνειν, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.827b:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, opposed to ἐπιτείνεσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86c, 94c; χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι [prev. author] “Lg.” 653c; χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 let down, let fall, πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pi.[same place]; χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον having unbent the brow, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 655 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαστοὺς χάλασον, says the Cyclops to his ewe, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 55 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κράββατον, δίκτυα χ., [[ NT.Mark.2.4, NT.Luke.5.5; τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] NT]; dip in a liquid, εἰς αἷμα [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.2886 ] Refs]; soak, [[ PHolm. 14.33:] Refs] —middle, ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο lowered it, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1264. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.3 let loose, release, τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 177 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; absolutely, let go, slacken one's hold, μηδαμῇ χάλα [[[prev. work] 58. ] Refs]
__I.4 ἡνίας χ. slacken the reins, especially in metaphorically sense, χ. τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 409. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 κλῇθρα χ. loose the bars or bolts, i.e. undo or open the door, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1187, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 808; κλῇδας [prev. author] “Med.” 1314; χ. τοὺς μοχλούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 310; but also πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 879. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 loosen or undo things drawn tightly together, χ. κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1266; χ. πᾶν κάλυμμ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν [prev. author] “El.” 1468; χ. δεσμά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 577; ἀσκόν [prev. author] “Cyc.” 161; τὸ στόμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 43; πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 991. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.7 of the bowels, etc., ὑγρὰ χ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.99, compare “Coac.” 20; ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.61. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.8 metaphorically, τὴν ὀργήν χ. let it go, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 727 (_anapaest meter_); χ. [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 104c; χ. ἐπιθυμίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133a; τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; remit, μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν.. ὑπεροχήν [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 122 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν relaxed the strict principle that.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be softened, λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος [[ 4th c.AD: Callistratus Sophista “Statuarum descriptiones” 5 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; also κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον to have free play, opposed to συντετάχθαι, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.16. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II intransitive, become slack or loose, opposed to συντείνω, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98d; χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.9 (assuming variant); ζῶναι χαλῶσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 935 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; πύλαι χαλῷσαι open gates, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically with genitive, have a remission of, χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.10; τί χαλᾷ μανιῶ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1057 (_anapaest meter_); (also _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 203 (Lyric poetry), 840)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; relax, φρονήματος χ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716; τῆς ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 383 (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with dative person, χ. τινι give way or yield to any one, be indulgent to him, εἰ τοῖσιν.. κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 219; χάλα τοκεῦσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 403; with _genitive_ add., μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 86e, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, give way, εἴκειν ὁδοῦ χαλῶντα τοῖς κακίοσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 637. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 absolutely, grow slack or weak, ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι [[ [prev. author] “R.” 329c ] Refs]; abate, χαλάσει ὁ παγετός [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8; ὀδύνη [prev. author] “Acut.” 16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
