μανόω

English (LSJ)

(μανός)

   A make porous, loose, ἡ κόπρος μανοῖ τὴν γῆν Thphr. CP3.6.1; τὸ σῶμα μανοῦν, of diaphoretic treatment, Orib.Syn.6.8.4:—Pass., Thphr.HP9.14.3, Sens.30; to be rarefied, of the soul, Dam.Pr.400.

German (Pape)

[Seite 93] dünn, locker machen, zerstreuen, im Ggstz von πυκνόω, bes. pass., Theophr.