The corpus record

χάσμα

chasma · τό

yawning chasm, gulf

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Where it lives

De Mundo 2 · 3.15/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Phaedo 3 · 1.38/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

yawning chasm, gulf

yawning chasm, gulf, χ. μέγα, of Tartarus, Hes. Th. 740; Ταρτάρου . . ἄβυσσα χ. E. Ph. 1605; χ. γῆς Hdt. 7.30; τὰ χ. τῆς γῆς Pl. Phd. 111e; χθονός, πέτρας, E. Ion 281, IT 626; σεισμοὶ καὶ χάσματα Jul.Laod. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.134.

II open, gaping mouth, yawning gulf

open, gaping mouth, χ. θηρός E. HF 363 (lyr.); as forming a helmet, Id. Rh. 209; of a yawning gulf, χάρυβδις . . ἄρμα περιβαλοῦσα χάσματι Id. Supp. 501; Σκύλλης χάσμασιν AP 11.379 (Agath.); χ. φάρυγος, of a lion, ib. 6.218 (Alc.); χ. ὀδόντων Anacreont. 24.4, etc.

III any wide opening, expanse

generally, any wide opening, θυρέτρων χ. ἀχανές Parm. 1.18; also, expanse, of the sky and sea, χ. πελάγεος τὸ δὴ Αἰγαῖον καλέεται Hdt. 4.85; τὸ χ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Pl. R. 614d.

In the wild

χάσματά · chasmata Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 104)
χάσματα · chasmata Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 97)
χάσμα · chasma Euripides, Electra *dio/skouroi.1270 (DIORISIS sentence 803)
χάσματι · chasmati Euripides, Heracles 359–363
χάσμα · chasma Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 140)
χάσμα · chasma Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 335)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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