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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Anacr.14.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1493</span> (anap.); subj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χάσκῃς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1032</span> (hex.); inf. χάσκειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>10.7</span>, (ἐγ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>721</span>; part. χάσκων <span class="bibl">Sol. 13.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>, f.l. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1018</span> (hex.), (ἀνα-) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>502</span>(anap.): Ion. fem. χασκευσα <span class="bibl">Herod.4.42</span> Pap. (also Med. χασκόμενοι <span class="bibl">Cass.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 20</span>): pres. χαίνω only in late writers, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.189 S., <span class="bibl">Antig.<span class="title">Mir.</span> 128</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.797 (Jul.), 11.242 (Nicarch.), Gal.7.686, <span class="title">Gp.</span>10.30 tit., etc., (ἐπι-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>6.3</span>, (περι-) <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.20</span>: fut. <b class="b3">χᾰνοῦμαι</b> (ἐγ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 1313</span> (troch.), (ἀνα-) Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>217, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Superf.</span>29</span>, etc.: aor. 2 ἔχᾰνον <span class="bibl">Il.4.182</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1227</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>342</span> (lyr.), etc.; aor. 1 ἔχᾱνα <span class="bibl">Aesop.223</span>: pf. κέχηνα <span class="bibl">Il.16.409</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>487</span>, etc.; Dor. 3pl. κεχάναντι <span class="bibl">Sophr.25</span> (Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.793</span> cites <b class="b3">κεχήνετε</b> from <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>133</span>, and <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>197.31</span> has <b class="b3">κέχαγκα</b>): plpf. ἐκεχήνεσαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>651</span>; early Att. κεχήνη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>10</span>.—Used by Hom. only in aor. 2 <b class="b3">χάνοι, χανών</b>, and pf. part. <b class="b3">κεχηνώς</b>:—[[yawn]], [[gape]], <b class="b3">τότε μοι χάνοι εὐρεῖα χθών</b> then [[may]] earth [[yawn]] for me, i.e. to swallow me, <span class="bibl">Il.4.182</span>, <span class="bibl">8.150</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.417</span>; esp. of [[opening the mouth wide]], [αἷμα] ἀνὰ στόμα καὶ κατὰ ῥῖνας πρῆσε χανών <span class="bibl">16.350</span>; <b class="b3">ἕλκ' ἐκ δίφροιο κεχηνότα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">409</span>; <b class="b3">ἐάλη τε χανών</b>, of a lion, <span class="bibl">20.168</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς κῦμα χανὼν ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι</b>, of one drowning, <span class="bibl">Od.12.350</span>: c. acc., στόμα χάσκων <span class="title">AP</span>11.418 (Trajan); of a wound, v.l. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>508</span>; of shellfish, αἵ γα μὰν κόγχαι . . κεχάναντι πᾶσαι Sophr. l.c.; ἐπεὰν ὁ κροκόδειλος . . χάνῃ . . πρὸς τὸν ζέφυρον <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span>; of a goose, πλατυγίζοντα καὶ κεχηνότα <span class="bibl">Eub.115</span>; of fruit, [[burst with ripeness]], <span class="bibl">M.Ant.3.2</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[gape]] in eager expectation, <b class="b3">χάσκοντες κούφαις ἐλπίσι τερπόμεθα</b> Sol.l.c.: freq. in Com., <b class="b3">ὅτε δὴ 'κεχήνη προσδοκῶν τὸν Αἰσχύλον</b> when [[I was all agape]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">λύκος ἔχανεν</b> the wolf [[opened his mouth]] (for nothing), prov. of disappointed hopes, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>337</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eub.15.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.30</span>: with Preps., πρὸς ταῦτα κεχηνώς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>996</span> (anap.); πρὸς ἄλλην τινὰ χάσκει Anacr. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>651</span>,<span class="bibl">804</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔς τι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">νόμισμα</b>) <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνω κεχηνώς</b>, of a stargazer, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>172</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>529b</span>; ὧδε χὧδε χ. <span class="bibl">Herod.4.42</span>; κεχηνότες [[gaping fools]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>990</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>261</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>617</span> (anap.), and v. [[Κεχηναῖοι]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[yawn]] from weariness, ennui, or inattention, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>30</span>; ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1032</span> (hex.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>426</span>; <b class="b3">χάσκεις αὐτός;</b> [[are]] you <b class="b2">yawning? paying no attention?</b> <span class="bibl">Mnesim.4.22</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀναπληροῦν τὸ κεχηνὸς τῆς ἑρμηνείας</b> fill the [[lacuna]], <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>266.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> less freq., <b class="b2">speak with open mouth, utter</b>, c. acc., σὲ δὴ τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματ' . . καθ' ἡμῶν . . χανεῖν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1227</span>; τοῦτ' ἐτόλμησεν χανεῖν; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>342</span> (lyr.); ὀϊζυρόν τι χανοῦσα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in <span class="bibl">Paus.6.21.13</span>, if the text be correct, it must be trans., <b class="b3">χανεῖν . . τὴν γῆν . . τὸ ἅρμα</b> [[opened and swallowed]] the chariot.—Not in A. (exc. in compd. <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, q.v.) or E.; rare in early Prose, exc. Hp.; once in Hdt. (v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>).</span>