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|lshtext=<b>hĭātus</b>: ūs, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[opening]], [[aperture]], [[cleft]] ([[class]]. in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> and plur.; cf. [[rima]], [[rictus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: animalia cibum [[partim]] oris hiatu et dentibus ipsis capessunt, [[partim]] unguium tenacitate arripiunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: oris, Suet. Claud. 27; Verg. A. 11, 680.—Without oris: ne [[immodicus]] [[hiatus]] [[rictum]] distendat, Quint. 1, 11, 9: [[extremus]] exspirantis, id. 6, 2, 31: Nemeaeus [[magnus]] [[hiatus]] Ille leonis, Lucr. 5, 24; cf.: [[quinquaginta]] atris [[immanis]] hiatibus [[Hydra]], i. e. [[open]] mouths, Verg. A. 6, 576; Ov. M. 7, 557; 11, 61; Val. Fl. 1, 34: personae pallentis [[hiatus]], Juv. 3, 175: magno [[sublimis]] [[pardus]] hiatu, id. 11, 123; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38; cf. of [[Boreas]]: imbres, [[sicco]] quos [[asper]] hiatu Persolidat [[Boreas]], [[with]] a [[dry]] [[throat]], [[dry]] [[breath]], Stat. Th. 1, 352: repentini terrarum [[hiatus]], Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14: hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.: qui ([[Gyges]]) descendit in illum hiatum, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: neu distracta (Natura) suum [[late]] dispandat hiatum, Lucr. 6, 599: [[quantum]] caeli patet [[altus]] [[hiatus]], id. 4, 418; cf. id. 5, 375: [[fit]] et caeli ipsius [[hiatus]], [[quod]] vocant [[chasma]], Plin. 2, 26, 26, § 96: corticis [[bipedalis]] [[hiatus]], id. 16, 12, 23, § 57: [[hiatus]] patuli fontis, i. e. [[basin]], Ov. M. 3, 162: [[specus]] est tenebroso [[caecus]] hiatu, [[aperture]], id. ib. 7, 409: veteris rimae cum texit hiatum, Juv. 3, 195.—Poet.: [[quid]] dignum tanto feret hic [[promissor]] hiatu? i. e. of [[such]] [[pompous]] [[language]], [[high]]-flown [[style]], Hor. A. P. 138; cf. Juv. 6, 636.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., an [[eager]] [[desire]], [[longing]] (so used by Tac.): libidine sanguinis et hiatu praemiorum, Tac. H. 4, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in gram., a [[hiatus]]: habet [[enim]] [[ille]] [[tamquam]] [[hiatus]] concursu vocalium molle quiddam et [[quod]] indicet non ingratam negligentiam, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Quint. 9, 4, 33: ([[Catullus]]) [[amans]] [[hiatus]] illius Homerici suavitatem, ebriosa dixit [[propter]] insequentis a litterae (verbi acinae) concentum, Gell. 7, 20, 6.
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