χάσκω

English (LSJ)

Anacr.14.8, Ar.V.1493 (anap.); subj.

   A 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, AP9.797 (Jul.), 11.242 (Nicarch.), Gal.7.686, Gp.10.30 tit., etc., (ἐπι-) Luc.DMort.6.3, (περι-) Ael.NA3.20: 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. 3pl. 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; ἕλκ' 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 AP11.418 (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 'κεχήνη 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.VA2.7; 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 ῥήματ' . . καθ' ἡμῶν . . χανεῖν; S.Aj.1227; τοῦτ' 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. 1.1).