ὄργανον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">implement, tool, instrument, sense organ, organ</b> (Hp., Ctes., Att., Arist.).<br />Compounds: Few compp. as <b class="b3">ὀργανο-ποιός</b> m. [[instrument maker]] (D. S.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀργάν-ιον</b> dimin. (AP, M. Ant.), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> [[instrumental]], [[operative]], [[practical]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m. [[engineer]] (pap. IVp; Redard 36), <b class="b3">-ιστής</b> m. [[waterworks engineer]] (pap. IIp), unattested <b class="b3">*ὀργανίζω</b>, but <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-οργανίζω</b> (AP, Alchem.); [[ὀργανάριος]] = [[fistularius]] (Gloss.); <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, also w. <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b2">organised, to be provided with organs</b> (S. E., Iamb.) with (<b class="b3">δι-)-ωσις</b> f. [[organisation]] (Iamb.). -- Besides [[Όργάνη]] f. surn. of Athena (Thasos Va, Athens; v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 164), cf. [[Ἐργάνη]]; as adj. [[ὀργάνα]] [[operative]], [[formative]] ([[χείρ]]; E. Andr. 1014, not quite certain).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] <b class="b2">*u̯erǵ-</b> [[work]]<br />Etymology: Formation like [[ξόανον]] (: [[ξέω]], <b class="b3">-ξοος</b>), [[ὄχανον]] (: [[ἔχω]], [[ὄχος]], <b class="b3">-οχος</b>), [[πλόκανον]] (: [[πλέκω]], [[πλόκος]]), [[ὁρκάνη]] (: [[ὅρκος]], [[ἕρκος]]) a.o. (Chantraine Form. 198, Schwyzer 489 f.); similarly [[ὄργανον]] beside <b class="b3">-οργός</b>, [[ὄργια]], [[ἔοργα]] ([[ἔρξαι]], [[ἔρδω]]), [[ἔργον]]; whether directly from verb or through <b class="b3">-οργός</b>, [[ἔργον]], is unclear. Cf. [[ἔργον]] u. [[ἔρδω]].