χάσμα, ατος, τό,
(χαίνω) yawning chasm, gulf, χ. μέγα, of Tartarus, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 740; Ταρτάρου.. ἄβυσσα χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1605; χ. γῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.30; τὰ χ. τῆς γῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 111e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χθονός, πέτρας, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 281, “IT” 626; σεισμοὶ καὶ χάσματα 5th-6th c.AD: Julianus Laodicensis Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.134. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II open, gaping mouth, χ. θηρός [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 363 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as forming a helmet, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 209 ] Refs]; of a yawning gulf, χάρυβδις.. ἄρμα περιβαλοῦσα χάσματι [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 501; Σκύλλης χάσμασιν “Anthologia Graeca” 11.379 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; χ. φάρυγος, of a lion,[[ [prev. work] 6.218 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus); χ. ὀδόντων “Anacreontea” 24.4, etc. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__III generally, any wide opening, θυρέτρων χ. ἀχανές [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, expanse, of the sky and sea, χ. πελάγεος τὸ δὴ Αἰγαῖον καλέεται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.85; τὸ χ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]