The corpus record

χασμ-άομαι

chasmaomai

yawn, gape

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Where it lives

Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

yawn, gape, you are gaping

yawn, gape, ὁπόταν χασμᾷ when you are gaping, Ar. Eq. 824 (anap.), cf. Hp. Mochl. 4, Arist. GA 719a19, Porph. Abst. 1.28, etc.; οἱ τοὺς χασμωμένους ὁρῶντες Pl. Chrm. 169c; ἰλιγγιᾶν καὶ χ. Id. Grg. 486b, 527a; of a door, τῆς θύρας χασμωμένης Alex. 257.

II gabies

οἱ χασμώμενοι, = οἱ κεχηνότες, gabies, Porph. Chr. 49.

In the wild

χασμήσασθαι · chasmēsasthai Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5361)
χασμωμένους · chasmōmenous Plato, Charmides 169
χασμῷο · chasmōio Plato, Gorgias 486

Where it came from

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