2. after Hom. ,gapein eager expectation,χάσκοντες κούφαις ἐλπίσι τερπόμεθαSol.l.c.: freq. in Com.,ὅτε δὴ 'κεχήνη προσδοκῶν τὸν ΑἰσχύλονwhenI was all agape,
Ar. Ach. 10 ;λύκος ἔχανενthe wolfopened 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. VA 2.7 ;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. yawnfrom weariness, ennui, or inattention, Id. Ach. 30 ; ὅταν σύ που ἄλλοσε χάσκῃς
Id. Eq. 1032
(hex.), cf. Lys. 426 ;χάσκεις αὐτός; areyouyawning? paying no attention?
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 swallowedthe 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 ).
