ἀχανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[χάσκω]], [[χανεῖν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[not opening the mouth]], of one [[mute]] with [[astonishment]], Hegesipp.Com.1.25, Plb.7.17.5, Luc.Icar.23, Alciphr. 3.20; also [[δι' ἀχανοῦς]] = [[through a narrow opening]], Thphr.Vent.29.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[yawning]], [[κρημνός]] Timae. 28; χάσμα AP9.423 (Bianor), J.AJ7.10.2; [[without a lid]], Hero Aut.28.4; [[wide-mouthed]], [[τεῦχος]] Diocl. ap. Orib. 5.4.2, cf. Antyll.ib.44.8.12; [[open]], ἀ. καὶ [[ἀνώροφος]] νεώς D.C.37.17; [[open]], [[unoccupied]], of [[building]] [[land]], POxy.1702.3 (iii A. D.); [[χάσμα]] Parm.1.18; [[σκότος]] [[LXX]] Wi.19.17, cf. Lyr.Anon.in PFay.2ii20; [[τὸ ἀχανές]] = [[the yawning gulf]], Arist.Mete.367a19; ἡ ἀ. [[χώρα]] Ph.1.7; ἀχανές· τὸ μὴ ἔχον στέγην . . ἐπὶ τοῦ λαβυρίνθου, S.Fr.1030; ὄψει πάντα ἀχανῆ PMag.Par.1.1107.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[vast]], [[immense]], [[στράτευμα]] Plu. 2.866b; [[πέλαγος]] Id.Cic.6, Jul.Or.4.142c.