μανός
manos
loose
Appears 44 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μανός [v. fin.], ή, όν, of consistency, A. loose or open in texture, rare, opp. πυκνός, 75.1, VM 22, etc.; μ. ὀστοῦν, σάρκες, Ti. 75c, 79c; τὰ μ. καὶ κοῦφα, opp. πυκνὰ καὶ βαρέα, ib.53a; of the tongue, σὰρξ μ. καὶ σομφή HA 492b33; of the female breasts, ib.493a14; of the lungs, μ. καὶ πολύτρητος ὁ πνεύμων SD 1.10. II. rare, sparse, infrequent, of hare-tracks, Cyn. 5.4 (Sup.); of pleasures and pains, Lg. 734c (Comp.); of hair, HA 498b25; of plants, growing far apart, HP 1.8.2; but of trees or plants, spreading, ib.3.11.5, al. 2. happening rarely or at intervals, in Adv. -νῶς, τοσούτῳ μανότερον so much the less often, Cyr. 7.5.6; τῇ ἀναπνοῇ χρῆται μανότερον Resp. 475b25, cf. Sign. 32.—Att. for ἀραιός, acc. to PSp.89B. [ᾰ 61, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.13, and v. μανόστημος: ᾱ Emp.l.c. (prob. only Ion. in spite of l.c.): Comp. μανότερος Pl.l.c., Ph. 217a6, GA 782a34 (later μανώτερος 18(1).83): Sup. μανότατος X.l.c.] (Perh. for μᾰν ϝός, cf. μάνυ, OIr.menb ‘small’.)
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