χασμάομαι

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