ἅλμα

A. spring, leap, poet.for Prose πήδημα, Od. 8.103, 128; ἅ. πέτρας, πετραῖον leap or fall from rock, E. HF 1148, Ion 1268; κρημνῶν ἅ. Epigr.Gr. 225 (Ephesus); οἰκεῖον . . ἅ. ἐπὶ ξίφος E. Hel. 96; κυνῆς ἅ. the leap of the lot from the helmet, S. Aj. 1287; κοῦφον ἅλμα ποδῶν Ἀχιλῆ E. El. 439; track of 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.