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:

(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:

(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

porous
few, scanty
1. of things happening at intervals, not often
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
Derived forms	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)