A.leap, rush upon, of warriors, “οὔτασε . . μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί” Il.5.336; “οὔτασε δουρὶ μ.” 14.443; “Τρώεσσι μ. ἐν φόβον ὦρσε” 13.362; of a lion, “ἥρπαξε μ.” 12.305, cf. Hld.10.30.
II. leap from one ship to another in a sea-fight, “ἐς ἀλλήλους” App.BC5.120; spring from side to side, hither and thither, “τᾷ καὶ τᾷ τὸν Ἔρωτα μετάλμενον” Bion Fr.10.6, cf. Hld.6.14, Them.Or.22.269c.