hiatus

hiātus ūs, m

hio, an opening, aperture, cleft : oris: terrenus, O.: atris inmanis hiatibus Hydra, open mouths , V.: personae pallentis, Iu.: repentini terrarum hiatūs: fontis, i. e. basin , O.: Quid dignum tanto hiatu?i. e. opening (of mouth), H.: Sophocleus, Iu.— An eager desire, longing : praemiorum, Ta.—Of language, a hiatus .