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|Definition=Anacr.14.8, Ar.''V.''1493 (anap.); subj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χάσκῃς Id.''Eq.''1032 (hex.); inf. χάσκειν X.''Eq.''10.7, (ἐγ-) Ar.''V.''721; part. χάσκων Sol. 13.36, Hp.''Art.''30, [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|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, ''AP''9.797 (Jul.), 11.242 (Nicarch.), Gal.7.686, ''Gp.''10.30 tit., etc., (ἐπι-) Luc.''DMort.''6.3, (περι-) Ael.''NA''3.20: fut. χᾰνοῦμαι (ἐγ-) [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 1313 (troch.), (ἀνα-) Hp.''Steril.''217, ''Superf.''29, etc.: aor. 2 ἔχᾰνον Il.4.182, al., Hp.''Art.''30, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''133, and A.D.''Adv.''197.31 has [[κέχαγκα]]): plpf. ἐκεχήνεσαν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''651; early Att. [[κεχήνη]] Id.''Ach.''10.—Used by Hom. only in aor. 2 [[χάνοι]], [[χανών]], and pf. part. [[κεχηνώς]]:—[[yawn]], [[gape]], <b class="b3">τότε μοι χάνοι εὐρεῖα χθών</b> then [[may]] earth [[yawn]] for me, i.e. to swallow me, Il.4.182, 8.150, cf. 17.417; especially of [[opening the mouth wide]], [αἷμα] ἀνὰ στόμα καὶ κατὰ ῥῖνας πρῆσε χανών 16.350; <b class="b3">ἕλκ' ἐκ δίφροιο κεχηνότα</b> ib.409; <b class="b3">ἐάλη τε χανών</b>, of a lion, 20.168; <b class="b3">πρὸς κῦμα χανὼν ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι</b>, of one drowning, Od.12.350: c. acc., στόμα χάσκων ''AP''11.418 (Trajan); of a wound, [[varia lectio|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.<br><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]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''10; <b class="b3">λύκος ἔχανεν</b> the wolf [[opened his mouth]] (for nothing), [[proverb|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. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''651,804 (anap.), Porph.''Marc.''9, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔς τι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[νόμισμα]]) Philostr.''VA''2.7; <b class="b3">ἄνω κεχηνώς</b>, of a stargazer, Ar.''Nu.''172, cf. ''Av.''51, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|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]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[yawn]] from weariness, ennui, or inattention, Id.''Ach.''30; ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς Id.''Eq.''1032 (hex.), cf. ''Lys.''426; <b class="b3">χάσκεις αὐτός</b>; [[are]] you yawning? paying no attention? Mnesim.4.22 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀναπληροῦν τὸ κεχηνὸς τῆς ἑρμηνείας</b> fill the [[lacuna]], A.D. ''Synt.''266.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> less freq., [[speak with open mouth]], [[utter]], c. acc., σὲ δὴ τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματ'.. καθ' ἡμῶν.. χανεῖν; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1227; τοῦτ' ἐτόλμησεν χανεῖν; Ar.''V.''342 (lyr.); ὀϊζυρόν τι χανοῦσα Call.''Ap.''24.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Paus.6.21.13, 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>, [[quod vide|q.v.]]) or E.; rare in early Prose, exc. Hp.; once in Hdt. (v. supr. 1.1).