A.porous, spongy, Hp.Aph.5.67; χ. ὀστέα, such as the collar-bone, Id.Art.14; loose, “συστροφή” Pl.Plt.282e; “μαστοί” Sor.1.88; “ἅλες χ. καὶ λεπτοὶ ὥσπερ χιών” Arist.Mete.359a32; γῆ, opp. στερρός, Id.Pr.l.c., cf. Ephor.65（e）J.; loose-grained, of timber, Thphr.HP3.4.3, 5.3.3; also of the fruit of the medlar, spongy, ib.3.12.5; -ότατος πυρετός, = ῥοώδης (A) 11.a, Erot. s.v. σπόγγοι; τὸ χ. D.S.3.14. Adv. -νως, of garments hanging loosely, Hdn.4.15.3; of bandaging, Pall. in Hp. Fract.12.285C.
II. metaph., empty, frivolous, “νόος” Sol.11.6; “πραπίς” Pi.P.2.61; “κενεᾶν ἐλπίδων χαῦνον τέλος” Id.N.8.45; “χαῦνα μὲν τότ᾽ ἐφράσαντο” Sol.34; “χαύνους τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ θρασείας ποιεῖ” conceited, Pl.Lg.728e; “ὁ μεγάλων ἑαυτὸν ἀξιῶν, ἀνάξιος ὤν, χαῦνος” Arist.EN 1123b9: Comp., “οἱ -ότεροι τεχνῖται” Phld.Rh.1.376 S. Adv. “-νως” sluggishly, Eustr. in EN379.15.
2. of vast extension, “ὄνομα” Ar. Av.819. Adv. “χαύνως” frivolously, Simp. in Epict.p.121 D. (Cf. χάος.）
