hiō āvī, ātus, āre HI-, to open, stand open, gape: (calor) venas adstringit hiantīs, V.: concha hians: flos hiat pratis, Pr.: hianti ore, Cu.

—To open the mouth, gape, yawn: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantīs, V.: leo inmane hians, V.: lupus hic Captus hiet, H.

—Fig., of speech, to leave a hiatus, be loosely connected: qui (poetae) saepe hiabant: concursūs hiantes: hiantia loqui: hians compositio, Ta.

—To gape with wonder, be eager, long, be amazed: utrum ea (domus) patere an hiare ac poscere aliquid videtur?: corvum deludet hiantem, i. e. the legacy-hunter, H.: ad magnitudinem praemiorum, Ta.: carmen hiare lyrā, breathe, Pr.