hiantem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hio, hiare, hiavi, hiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be wide open, gape; be greedy for; be open-mouthed (with astonishment, etc);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...incubat auro; hic stupet attonitus rostris, hunc plausus hiantem per cuneos geminatus enim plebisque patrumque corripuit; gaudent perfusi..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...oculo. plerumque recoctus scriba ex quinqueviro corvum deludet hiantem captatorque dabit risus Nasica Corano.' 'num furis? an prudens..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...saepe, decora molli fulta pede est, emptorem inducat hiantem, quod pulcrae clunes, breve quod caput, ardua cervix..."