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χάσκω

χάσκω, yawn, gape

χάσκω, Anacr. 14.8, Ar. V. 1493 (anap.); subj. χάσκῃς Id. Eq. 1032 (hex.); inf. χάσκειν X. Eq. 10.7, (ἐγ-) Ar. V. 721; part. χάσκων Sol. 13.36, Hp. Art. 30, f.l. in Ar. Eq. 1018 (hex.), (ἀνα-) Id. Av. 502 (anap.): Ion. fem. χασκευσα Herod. 4.42 Pap. (also Med. χασκόμενοι Cass. Pr. 20): pres. χαίνω only in late writers, Phld. Rh. 2.189 S., Antig. Mir. 128, AP 9.797 (Jul.), 11.242 (Nicarch.), Gal. 7.686, Gp. 10.30 tit., etc., (ἐπι-) Luc. DMort. 16[6].3, (περι-) Ael. NA 3.20: fut. χᾰνοῦμαι (ἐγ-) Ar. Eq. 1313 (troch.), (ἀνα-) Hp. Steril. 217, Superf. 29, etc.: aor. 2 ἔχᾰνον Il. 4.182, al., Hp. Art. 30, S. Aj. 1227, Ar. V. 342 (lyr.), etc.; aor. 1 ἔχᾱνα Aesop. 223: pf. κέχηνα Il. 16.409, Hp. Coac. 487, etc.; Dor. 3 pl. κεχάναντι Sophr. 25 (Hdn.Gr. 2.793 cites κεχήνετε from Ar. Ach. 133, and A.D. Adv. 197.31 has κέχαγκα): plpf. ἐκεχήνεσαν Ar. Eq. 651; early Att. κεχήνη Id. Ach. 10.—Used by Hom. only in aor. 2 χάνοι, χανών, and pf. part. κεχηνώς:—
  • yawn, gape, τότε μοι χάνοι εὐρεῖα χθών then may earth yawn for me, i.e. to swallow me, Il. 4.182, 8.150, cf. 17.417; esp. of opening the mouth wide, [αἷμα] ἀνὰ στόμα καὶ κατὰ ῥῖνας πρῆσε χανών 16.350; ἕλκʼ ἐκ δίφροιο κεχηνότα ib. 409; ἐάλη τε χανών, of a lion, 20.168; πρὸς κῦμα χανὼν ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι, of one drowning, Od. 12.350: c. acc., στόμα χάσκων AP 11.418 (Trajan); of a wound, v.l. in S. Fr. 508; of shellfish, αἵ γα μὰν κόγχαι . . κεχάναντι πᾶσαι Sophr. l.c.; ἐπεὰν ὁ κροκόδειλος . . χάνῃ . . πρὸς τὸν ζέφυρον Hdt. 2.68; of a goose, πλατυγίζοντα καὶ κεχηνότα Eub. 115; of fruit, burst with ripeness, M.Ant. 3.2, Gp. l.c.
      • 2 after Hom., gape in eager expectation, χάσκοντες κούφαις ἐλπίσι τερπόμεθα Sol. l.c.: freq. in Com., ὅτε δὴ ʼκεχήνη προσδοκῶν τὸν Αἰσχύλον when I was all agape, Ar. Ach. 10; λύκος ἔχανεν the wolf opened his mouth (for nothing), prov. of disappointed hopes, Id. Fr. 337, cf. Eub. 15.11, Euphro 1.30: with Preps., πρὸς ταῦτα κεχηνώς Ar. Nu. 996 (anap.); πρὸς ἄλλην τινὰ χάσκει Anacr. l.c., cf. Ar. Eq. 651, 804 (anap.), Porph. Marc. 9, etc.; ἔς τι (sc. νόμισμα) Philostr. VA 2.7; ἄνω κεχηνώς, of a stargazer, Ar. Nu. 172, cf. Av. 51, Pl. R. 529b; ὧδε χὧδε χ. Herod. 4.42; κεχηνότες gaping fools, Ar. Ra. 990 (lyr.), cf. Eq. 261 (troch.), V. 617 (anap.), and v. Κεχηναῖοι.
      • 3 yawn from weariness, ennui, or inattention, Id. Ach. 30; ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς Id. Eq. 1032 (hex.), cf. Lys. 426; χάσκεις αὐτός; are you yawning? paying no attention? Mnesim. 4.22 (anap.).
      • 4 metaph., ἀναπληροῦν τὸ κεχηνὸς τῆς ἑρμηνείας fill the lacuna, A.D. Synt. 266.22.
    • II less freq., speak with open mouth, utter, c. acc., σὲ δὴ τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματʼ . . καθʼ ἡμῶν . . χανεῖν; S. Aj. 1227; τοῦτʼ ἐτόλμησεν χανεῖν; Ar. V. 342 (lyr.); ὀϊζυρόν τι χανοῦσα Call. Ap. 24.
    • III in Paus. 6.21.13, if the text be correct, it must be trans., χανεῖν . . τὴν γῆν . . τὸ ἅρμα opened and swallowed the chariot.—Not in A. (exc. in compd. προσ-, q.v.) or E.; rare in early Prose, exc. Hp.; once in Hdt. (v. supr. I.1).

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