χάσκω

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

A

χάσκῃς Id.Eq.1032

(hex.); inf.

χάσκειν X.Eq.10.7

, ([etym.] ἐγ-) Ar.V.721; part.

χάσκων Sol. 13.36

, Hp.Art.30, f.l. in Ar.Eq.1018 (hex.), ([etym.] ἀνα-) Id.Av.502(anap.): [dialect] Ion. fem. χασκευσα Herod.4.42 Pap. (also [voice] Med.

χασκόμενοι Cass.Pr. 20

): [tense] pres. [full] 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., ([etym.] ἐπι-) Luc.DMort.6.3, ([etym.] περι-) Ael.NA3.20: [tense] fut. χᾰνοῦμαι ([etym.] ἐγ-) Ar.Eq. 1313 (troch.), ([etym.] ἀνα-) Hp.Steril.217, Superf.29, etc.: [tense] aor. 2

ἔχᾰνον Il.4.182

, al., Hp.Art.30, S.Aj.1227, Ar.V.342 (lyr.), etc.; [tense] aor. 1

ἔχᾱνα Aesop.223

: [tense] pf.

κέχηνα Il.16.409

, Hp.Coac.487, etc.; [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3pl.

κεχάναντι Sophr.25

(Hdn.Gr.2.793 cites κεχήνετε from Ar.Ach.133, and A.D.Adv.197.31 has κέχαγκα): [tense] plpf.

ἐκεχήνεσαν Ar.Eq.651

; early [dialect] Att.

κεχήνη Id.Ach.10

.—Used by Hom. only in [tense] aor. 2 χάνοι, χανών, and [tense] 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

([place name] 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).