yawn (v.) Copy link Outline 1. oscĭto, 1 (to open the mouth in weariness, etc.)2. oscĭtor, 1, dep.3. hio, 1 (to gape, open wide)4. dĕhisco, hīvi (in the inf. dehisse), 3 • yawn (v.): 1. oscĭto, 1 (to open the mouth in weariness, etc.): he y.s immediately on reaching the threshold of his villa, oscitat extemplo tetigit quum limina villae, Lucr. 3, 1078: to y. too loudly, clare nimis et sonore osc., Gell. 4, 20. 2. oscĭtor, 1, dep.: how he stretches and y.s, ut pandiculans oscitatur, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 80. 3. hio, 1 (to gape, open wide): vast caverns y., vasti specus hiant, Plin. 34, 7, 18: the swelling waves y., tumentes hiant undae, Lucan 5, 641. 4. dĕhisco, hīvi (in the inf. dehisse), 3: the y.ing sea opens to view the ground between the waves, unda dehiscens terram inter fluctus aperit, Virg. Aen. 1, 106. Phr.: he descends into the y.ing chasm, descendit in hiatum, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: a cave of vast and y.ing mouth, spelunca vasto immanis hiatu, Virg. Aen. 6, 237.
YAWN Copy link • YAWN 1. v. oscitare (Cic.): oscitari (Auct. ad Her.): dormitare (a sign of sleepiness). To yawn aloud, clare oscitare (Gell.). 2. s. oscitatio. With a yawn, oscitanter.