χάλασμα

χάλ-ασμα, ατος, τό,

• slackened condition, relaxation, ἀναπνοὴ καὶ χ. Plu. Sanit. 2.133d, cf. Luc. Asin. 9; lack of elasticity, Ph. Bel. 58.8, 65.50; low tension of blood-vessels, Orib. 7.19.6.
• • • 2 gap in the line of battle, Plb. 18.30.8; σύμμετρον ἔχειν χ. to be packed not too tightly, Plu. Aem. 32.
    • 3 slit, Ruf. Anat. 59, Gal. 4.733; χ. ποιῶν ἐν τῇ ὑποτομῇ IG 7.3073.114 (Lebad., ii B. C.).
    • 4 baulk or footpath on the edge of arable land, PLille 2.16 (iii B. C.), PGiss. 36.17 (ii B. C.), PLond. 3.881.21 (ii B. C.), etc.
    • 5 dislocation, ἄρθρων Dsc. 1.109 (pl.).
    • 6 congenital hernia, Vett.Val. 161.19 (pl.).
    • 7 free play (cf. foreg. 2) of a joint, Erot. s.v. πλοώδης.