hiatu
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. sg. - Entry →hiatus, hiatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opening/cleft/fissure/split/crevice; (maybe rude); chasm; wideopen jaw/expanse;; hiatus; action of gaping/yawning/splitting open; greedy desire (for w/GEN);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aequoris undis, sed patet immani et vasto respectat hiatu. quare etiam nativa necessumst confiteare haec eadem; neque enim..."Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...sustinet orbis grande ebur et magno sublimis pardus hiatu dentibus ex illis quos mittit porta Syenes et Mauri..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...finem egressi legemque priorum grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu, montibus ignotum Rutulis caeloque Latino? nos utinam uani..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...istorian]. XXIb Orphea quod subito tellus emisit hiatu ursam elisuram, uenit ab Eurydice. XXII Sollicitant pauidi dum rhinocerota..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...prodere nuda times aut infinito lacerum patet inguen hiatu aut aliquid cunni prominet ore tui. Sed nihil..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terreno Lycus est potatus hiatu, existit procul hinc alioque renascitur ore. Sic modo combibitur, tacito modo gurgite lapsus..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...uacat, at, si quid inde uehementius spirauit, magno hiatu profundoque nauigia sorbentem. 3. Videbis celebratissimum carminibus fontem Arethusam..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...eademque in sequenti prima canoro simul atque iucundo hiatu tractim sonat. Est adeo invenire apud nobiles poetas huiuscemodi..."