μανός[v. fin.],ή,όν, of consistency,
A. looseoropen 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 rarelyorat intervals, inAdv.-νῶς, τοσούτῳ μανότερονso muchthe less often, X. Cyr. 7.5.6 ; τῇ ἀναπνοῇ χρῆται μανότερον
Arist. Resp. 475b25
, cf. Thphr. Sign. 32 .— Att. forἀραιός, acc. to Phryn. PS p.89B. [ᾰ
Telecl. 61 , cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.13 , and v. μανόστημος :ᾱEmp.l.c. (prob. only Ion. in spite of Phryn. l.c.): Comp.
μανότεροςPl.l.c., Arist. Ph. 217a6 , GA 782a34 (later μανώτερος