I.inf. dehisse, v. the foll.), ĕre, v. n., to part, divide, go apart; to split open; to gape, to yawn (excepting once in Varr., not ante-Aug.): “dehisse terram,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.; “so of the yawning earth,” Verg. G. 1, 479; 3, 432; id. A. 4, 24 al.: “unda dehiscens,” id. ib. 1, 106: “neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domus,” id. ib. 6, 52: “ex intervallo os paulum dehiscit,” Cels. 7, 29 init.: “cymba rimis,” Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 27; cf.: “navigium,” springs aleak, Sen. Ep. 30: “dehiscens intervallis acies,” Liv. 29, 2: “dehiscere ingentibus rimis,” id. 91 Fragm. init.: “rosa paullatim rubescens dehiscit ac sese pandit,” Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14; cf. ib. § 18 fin.: “thynni pinguescunt in tantum ut dehiscant,” burst open, id. 9, 15, 20, § 53.
dĕ-hisco , hīvi (in the
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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