hiantibus
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);
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potuit videre? AC. Oculis. CH. Quo pacto? AC. Hiantibus. CHAR. In hinc dierectus? nugare in re capitali..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...turbulentus fluat, omnem in siccis atque hiantibus locis faecem relinquit et, quicquid pingue secum tulit, arentibus locis allinit..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...commissuris modo, ut in opere male iuncto, hiantibus sed ipsa coloris inaequalitate detegitur. XVIII. Ita nec liber..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...culmina mundi tollit anhela dies, ubi tardus hiantibus aruis stat uapor atque omnes admittunt aethera luci. undarum uocat..."