μανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”). Cognates include Sanskrit मनाक् (manāk, “a little”), Old Armenian մանր (manr, “scantily”), Lithuanian meñkas (“small, insignificant”), Old Irish menb (“small”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “less”), Russian ме́нее (méneje) and Latin minuo (“lessen”), minus (“less”).

If the Proto-Hellenic form was *manwos, then the short ᾰ would be expected in Attic and the long ᾱ in Ionic; compare *ksénwos > Attic ξένος (xénos) and Ionic ξεῖνος (xeînos).

Pronunciation

Attested with both short ᾰ and long ᾱ.

With a short vowel:

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.nós/ → /maˈnos/ → /maˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/

With a long vowel:

 

• IPA^(key): /maː.nós/ → /maˈnos/ → /maˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈnos/

Adjective

μᾱ̆νός • (mānós) m (feminine μᾱ̆νή, neuter μᾱ̆νόν); first/second declension

1. porous
2. few, scanty
   1. of things happening at intervals, not often
3. rare, uncommon, sparse

Inflection

First and second declension of μανός; μανή; μανόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μανός manós	μανή manḗ	μανόν manón		μανώ manṓ	μανᾱ́ manā́	μανώ manṓ		μανοί manoí	μαναί manaí	μανᾰ́ maná
Genitive		μανοῦ manoû	μανῆς manês	μανοῦ manoû		μανοῖν manoîn	μαναῖν manaîn	μανοῖν manoîn		μανῶν manôn	μανῶν manôn	μανῶν manôn
Dative		μανῷ manôi	μανῇ manêi	μανῷ manôi		μανοῖν manoîn	μαναῖν manaîn	μανοῖν manoîn		μανοῖς manoîs	μαναῖς manaîs	μανοῖς manoîs
Accusative		μανόν manón	μανήν manḗn	μανόν manón		μανώ manṓ	μανᾱ́ manā́	μανώ manṓ		μανούς manoús	μανᾱ́ς manā́s	μανᾰ́ maná
Vocative		μανέ mané	μανή manḗ	μανόν manón		μανώ manṓ	μανᾱ́ manā́	μανώ manṓ		μανοί manoí	μαναί manaí	μανᾰ́ maná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μανῶς manôs				μανότερος manóteros				μανότᾰτος manótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (porous): πυκνός (puknós)
• (few): πυκνός (puknós)

Further reading

• “μανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lank idem, page 476.
  • loose idem, page 499.
  • porous idem, page 627.
  • rare idem, page 672.
  • thin idem, page 866.