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1 hiātus
hiātus ūs, m [hio], an opening, aperture, cleft: oris: terrenus, O.: atris inmanis hiatibus Hydra, open mouths, V.: personae pallentis, Iu.: repentini terrarum hiatūs: fontis, i. e. basin, O.: Quid dignum tanto hiatu? i. e. opening (of mouth), H.: Sophocleus, Iu.— An eager desire, longing: praemiorum, Ta.—Of language, a hiatus.* * *opening/cleft/fissure/split/crevice; (maybe rude); chasam; wideopen jaw/expanse; hiatus; action of gaping/yawning/splitting open; greedy desire (for w/GEN) -
2 hiatus
I.Lit.:II.animalia cibum partim oris hiatu et dentibus ipsis capessunt, partim unguium tenacitate arripiunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:oris,
Suet. Claud. 27; Verg. A. 11, 680.—Without oris:ne immodicus hiatus rictum distendat,
Quint. 1, 11, 9:extremus exspirantis,
id. 6, 2, 31:Nemeaeus magnus hiatus Ille leonis,
Lucr. 5, 24; cf.:quinquaginta atris immanis hiatibus Hydra,
i. e. open mouths, Verg. A. 6, 576; Ov. M. 7, 557; 11, 61; Val. Fl. 1, 34:personae pallentis hiatus,
Juv. 3, 175:magno sublimis pardus hiatu,
id. 11, 123; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38; cf.of Boreas: imbres, sicco quos asper hiatu Persolidat Boreas,
with a dry throat, dry breath, Stat. Th. 1, 352:repentini terrarum hiatus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14:hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.:qui (Gyges) descendit in illum hiatum,
Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:neu distracta (Natura) suum late dispandat hiatum,
Lucr. 6, 599:quantum caeli patet altus hiatus,
id. 4, 418; cf. id. 5, 375:fit et caeli ipsius hiatus, quod vocant chasma,
Plin. 2, 26, 26, § 96:corticis bipedalis hiatus,
id. 16, 12, 23, § 57:hiatus patuli fontis,
i. e. basin, Ov. M. 3, 162:specus est tenebroso caecus hiatu,
aperture, id. ib. 7, 409:veteris rimae cum texit hiatum,
Juv. 3, 195.— Poet.:quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu?
i. e. of such pompous language, high-flown style, Hor. A. P. 138; cf. Juv. 6, 636.—Trop.A.In gen., an eager desire, longing (so used by Tac.):B.libidine sanguinis et hiatu praemiorum,
Tac. H. 4, 42.—In partic., in gram., a hiatus: habet enim ille tamquam hiatus concursu vocalium molle quiddam et quod indicet non ingratam negligentiam, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Quint. 9, 4, 33:(Catullus) amans hiatus illius Homerici suavitatem, ebriosa dixit propter insequentis a litterae (verbi acinae) concentum,
Gell. 7, 20, 6.
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