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μανός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *men- (small). Compare μόνος (mónos). 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).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (small), making it cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, less), Russian ме́нее (méneje) and Latin minuo (lessen), minus (less).

Pronunciation

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Attested with both short ᾰ and long ᾱ.

With a short vowel:

 

With a long vowel:

 

Adjective

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μᾱ̆νός (mānósm (feminine μᾱ̆νή, neuter μᾱ̆νόν); first/second declension

  1. porous
    Antonym: πυκνός (puknós)
  2. few, scanty
    Antonym: πυκνός (puknós)
    1. of things happening at intervals, not often
  3. rare, uncommon, sparse

Inflection

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Further reading

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