χήνημα

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ἐνίοις τὸ σιγᾶν κρεῖττόν ἐστι τοῦ λαλεῖν → for some people silence is better than words (Menander)

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Transliteration A: chḗnēma Transliteration B: chēnēma Transliteration C: chinima Beta Code: xh/nhma

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A wide gape, mocking laugh, Hsch.; also aor. χηνῆσαι· καταμωκήσασθαι, from χηνάω or -έω.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1353] τό, das Maulaufsperren, bes. das Verlachen mit aufgesperrtem Munde, dah. Verachtung, Spott, Hesych. Vgl. χηνυστράω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χήνημα: τό, περίπαιγμα μὲ χάσκον στόμα, «χήνημα· καταμώκημα» Ἡσύχ., ὅστις ἔχει καὶ ἀόρ. «χηνῆσαι· καταμωκήσασθαι» ἐκ ῥήματος χηνάω ἢ -έω πρβλ. Λοβεκ. Τεχν. 260.