ἅλμα, τό,
(ἅλλομαι) spring, leap, poetryfor Prose πήδημα, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.103, 128] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leap or fall from rock, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1148, “Ion” 1268; κρημνῶν ἅ. “epigram Gr.” 225 (from Ephesus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκεῖον.. ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 96] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυνῆς ἅ. the leap of the lot from the helmet, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1287; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 439] Refs 5th c.BC+]; track of a comet, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 jumping, asanathletic contest, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 153] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in plural, jumping-ground, τῶν ἁ. τὴν σκάψιν καὶ ὁμάλιξιν[[ “BCH” 23.566 (Delph., 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II in Medicine texts, pulsation, palpitation, of the embryo, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τροφῆς” 42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the heart, [[ [prev. author] “Cord.” 4] Refs]; falsa lectio in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 70d.] Refs 5th c.BC+]