μανός

A. loose or open in texture, rare, opp. πυκνός, Emp. 75.1, Hp. VM 22, etc.; μ. ὀστοῦν, σάρκες, Pl. Ti. 75c, 79c; τὰ μ. καὶ κοῦφα, opp. πυκνὰ καὶ βαρέα, ib.53a; of the tongue, σὰρξ μ. καὶ σομφή Arist. HA 492b33; of the female breasts, ib.493a14; of the lungs, μ. καὶ πολύτρητος ὁ πνεύμων Aret. SD 1.10.

II. rare, sparse, infrequent, of hare-tracks, X. Cyn. 5.4 (Sup.); of pleasures and pains, Pl. Lg. 734c (Comp.); of hair, Arist. HA 498b25; of plants, growing far apart, Thphr. 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, X. Cyr. 7.5.6; τῇ ἀναπνοῇ χρῆται μανότερον Arist. Resp. 475b25, cf. Thphr. Sign. 32.—Att. for ἀραιός, acc. to Phryn. PS p.89B. [α Telecl. 61, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.13, and v. μανόστημος: α Emp.l.c. (prob. only Ion. in spite of Phryn. l.c.): Comp. μανότερος Pl.l.c., Arist. Ph. 217a6, GA 782a34 (later μανώτερος Gal. 18(1).83): Sup. μανότατος X.l.c.] (Perh. for μαν vός, cf. μάνυ, OIr.menb 'small'.)