ἀχᾰνής, ές,
(χάσκω, χανεῖν) not opening the mouth, of one mute with astonishment, [[ 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.25, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.17.5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 23, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.20] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also δι᾽ ἀχανοῦς through a narrow opening, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II yawning, κρημνός[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 28; χάσμα “Anthologia Graeca” 9.423 (from Bianor), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.10.2] Refs 4th c.BC+]; without a lid, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 28.4] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; wide-mouthed, τεῦχος[[ 1st c.AD: Diocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 5.4.2, cf. Antyll.[prev. work] 44.8.12] Refs 1st c.AD+]; open, ἀ. καὶ ἀνώροφος νεώς[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.17] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; open, unoccupied, of building land, [[ “POxy.” 1702.3 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; χάσμα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.18; σκότος LXX.Wis.19.17, cf. Lyric poetry Anon.in “PFay.” 2ii20; τὸ ἀχανές ] LXX+4th c.BC+]the yawning gulf, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367a19; ἡ ἀ. χώρα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.7] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀχανές· τὸ μὴ ἔχον στέγην.. ἐπὶ τοῦ λαβυρίνθου, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1030; ὄψει πάντα ἀχανῆ “PMag.Par.” 1.1107. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, vast, immense, στράτευμα[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.866b; πέλαγος [prev. author] “Cic.” 6, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.142c.] Refs 1st c.AD+]