"Loose" differs from "firm". See under "firm".[1]
*mano/n: diafe/rei to\ mano\n tou= nastou=. zh/tei e)n tw=| nasto/n.
[1]
nu 44. See also
mu 157 for a more concrete definition of
mano/n (neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective
mano/s). Coupled with
nu 44, this appears to be the only instance of the two opposites being defined in terms of each other in lexicography; even in literature the adjectives are contrasted only in Nicetas Choniates,
Orations 15 p. 148 van Dieten, and Euthymius Protasecretis,
Encomium in Mariam Aegyptiacam 8.
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