εως (ἡ) [ᾰᾰ]
   I tr. :
      1 action de relâcher, relâchement, HPC. Fract. 759 ; PLAT. Rsp. 590 b ;
      2 action d’écarter, d’entr’ouvrir, DIOSC. ;
   II intr. action de se relâcher, relâchement, GAL. 1, 85.

Étym. χαλάω.

εως, ἡ, slackening, loosening, of bandages, Hp. Fract. 10 (pl.); τῇ χ. τε καὶ ἀνέσει Pl. R. 590b; relaxation, τοῦ ῥοώδους χαλάσεως δεομένου Gal. Sect. Intr. 7; τῶν στεγνῶν ib. 6; but χ. νόσου remission, opp. ἐπίδοσις, Id. 19.190.
free play of the parts of a whole, Plot. 4.4.45; τῇ χαλάσει εἰδοποιηθῆναι Dam. Pr. 47.
lowering by means of pulleys, κιόνων University of Egypt, Faculty of Arts Bulletin 3(2).58.

εως, ἡ, das Nachlassen, Loslassen, καὶ ἄνεσις Plat. Rep. IX.590b ; – dah. das Abspannen, Erschlaffen, Schlaffwerden ; ἄρθρων, Verrenkung, Diosc.; – Erweiterung einer zusammengezogenen Oeffnung, id.