Μανόν
loose, open-textured, rare, sparse
Translated by Nick Nicholas12 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] scarce, porous; or ascending, like a flame.1 And the madman [mainomenos] [is] one who is not strong in the mind;2 and manna gets its name from being worn through.3
"And when the reeds have become porous and saturated from much soaking, sprinkle them with wine and give them as food to the beasts of burden."4
"And when the reeds have become porous and saturated from much soaking, sprinkle them with wine and give them as food to the beasts of burden."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μανόν· ἀραιόν, χαῦνον· ἢ ἀνωφερές, ὡς φλόξ. καὶ ὁ μαινόμενος, ὁ μὴ ἰσχυρὸς ταῖς φρεσί· καὶ ἡ μάννα ἀπὸ τοῦ τετρύφθαι ὠνόμασται. μανοὺς δὲ γενομένους τοὺς καλάμους καὶ διύγρους ἐκ τῆς ἄγαν διαβροχῆς καταρραίνειν οἴνῳ καὶ διδόναι τροφὴν τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις.
Betacode
*mano/n: a)raio/n, xau=non: h)\ a)nwfere/s, w(s flo/c. kai\ o( maino/menos, o( mh\ i)sxuro\s tai=s fresi/: kai\ h( ma/nna a)po\ tou= tetru/fqai w)no/mastai. manou\s de\ genome/nous tou\s kala/mous kai\ diu/grous e)k th=s a)/gan diabroxh=s katarrai/nein oi)/nw| kai\ dido/nai trofh\n toi=s u(pozugi/ois.
Notes (4)
- The headword, again mu 158, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective
mano/s . (See also nu 44.) - 1Aristotle, Physics 216B and 217A, mentions that fire (
pu=r ) ismano/n , as do the attendant commentaries. ↩ - 2This definition, alongside "scarce", is given in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon.
mano/s does not occur in such a sense in Plato. (On the contrary, at Timaeus 75C Plato argues that a porous skull makes human life superior. Rather, this is an intrusion of a folk etymology ofmai/nomai "be mad" frommano/s , given explicitly in ps.-Zonaras, the Etymologicum Gudianum s.v.mani/a , and Eustathius, Commentary on Iliad 23.602. ↩ - 3The entire definition up to here also occurs in Photius mu95 Theodoridis. In Photius, manna (mu 129, mu 130) is so called from being rubbed or threshed (
tetri/fqai ) -- the connection tomano/s being that it is ground finely. The Etymologicum Gudianum instead derives it frommai/w "ask for". ↩ - 4Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- μ158Μανόνloose, open-textured, rare, sparse"Loose" differs from "firm". See under "firm".
- μ159Μανότεροςmore loose, rather loose[no gloss]
- ν44Ναστόνfirm[sc. Something] thick, chunky, full, not having anything light [about it]. It differs from 'loose'. For 'loose' [means something] scarce, porous, or ascending, like a flame. Because it comes from the [phrase] mh\ e(/n…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Dec 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- introductory note; more x-refs; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas