ἀχανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (χάσκω, χανεῖν) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[not opening the mouth]], of one mute with astonishment, <span class="bibl">Hegesipp.Com.1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.7.17.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Icar.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 3.20</span>; also <b class="b3">δι' ἀχανοῦς</b> through [[a narrow opening]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Vent.</span>29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[yawning]], κρημνός <span class="bibl">Timae. 28</span>; χάσμα <span class="title">AP</span>9.423 (Bianor), <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>7.10.2</span>; [[without a lid]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>28.4</span>; [[wide-mouthed]], τεῦχος Diocl. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 5.4.2</span>, cf. Antyll.ib.<span class="bibl">44.8.12</span>; [[open]], ἀ. καὶ ἀνώροφος νεώς <span class="bibl">D.C.37.17</span>; [[open]], [[unoccupied]], of building land, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1702.3</span> (iii A. D.); χάσμα <span class="bibl">Parm.1.18</span>; σκότος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>19.17</span>, cf. Lyr.Anon.in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>2ii20</span>; τὸ ἀχανές [[the yawning gulf]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>367a19</span>; ἡ ἀ. χώρα <span class="bibl">Ph.1.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἀχανές·</b> <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ ἔχον στέγην . . ἐπὶ τοῦ λαβυρίνθου</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1030</span>; ὄψει πάντα ἀχανῆ <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.1107. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[vast]], [[immense]], στράτευμα Plu. 2.866b; πέλαγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cic.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.142c</span>.</span>