hisco

hisco, ĕre, v. inch. n. and a. [hio; whence also hiasco].

I.

Neutr., to open, gape, yawn.

A.

In gen.:

tellus, ait, hisce,

Ov. M. 1, 546; cf.: magnae nunc hiscite terrae, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 26:

rima hiscit,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 108:

st, tace, aedes hiscunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 42.—

B.

In partic., to open the mouth, to mutter (so most freq. and class.): respondebisne ad haec? aut omnino hiscere audebis? * Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111:

adversus dictatoriam vim,

Liv. 6, 16, 3:

adversus praepotentis viros,

id. 45, 26, 7; 9, 4, 7; 10, 19, 7:

cum non hisceret, ego intercessi,

Gell. 15, 9, 10:

quoties sinit hiscere fluctus, Nominat Alcyonem, Ov M. 11, 566: raris turbatus vocibus hisco,

speak, Verg. A. 3, 314:

dicere jussus Philotas non hiscere audebat,

Curt. 1, 9, 32:

si quid tentaveris umquam hiscere,

Juv. 5, 127:

loquantur, hiscant,

Lact. 5, 19, 14.—

II.

Act., to speak, relate any thing ( poet. ): hem vereor, plus quam fas est captivum hiscere, Att. ap. Non. 120, 30:

quicquam,

Ov. M. 13, 231: [p. 858] tantum operis nervis hiscere posse meis, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 4 (for which:

carmen hiare lyra,

id. 2, 31 (3, 29), 6).