ὄργανον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἔργον]], [[ἔρδω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[instrument]], [[implement]], [[tool]], for making or doing a thing, S.''Tr.''905, cf. [[ἀθηρόβρωτος]]; λογχοποιῶν ὄργανα E. ''Ba.''1208, cf. ''Ion''1030; πολεμικὰ ὅπλα τε καὶ ὄργανα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 374d, cf. ''Lg.'' 956a; ὄργανον without any Adj., [[engine of war]], Ctes.''Fr.''81; τὰ ναυτικὰ ὄργανα = [[tackle]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 298d; ὄ. ὅσα περὶ γεωργίαν Id.''R.''370d; ὄνομα ἄρα διδασκαλικόν τί ἐστιν ὄ. Id.''Cra.''388b; ὄργανα χρόνων or χρόνου, of the [[star]]s, Id.''Ti.''41e,42d; ὄργανα κυβευτικά Aeschin.1.59; of a person, ἁπάντων ἀεὶ κακῶν ὄ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''380 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[organ]] of [[sense]] or [[apprehension]], τὰ περὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ὄργανα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 508b; τὸ ὄ. ᾧ καταμανθάνει [[ἕκαστος]] ib.518c, cf. ''Tht.''185c, al.; δι' ἀμυδρῶν ὀ. θεᾶσθαί τι Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''250b, cf. ''Ti.''45b, Epicur.''Nat.''11.6,7.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of the body and its different parts, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]'' 642a11, 645b14, ''GA''716a24, Phld.''Mus.''pp.71,96 K., Gal.10.47; the [[hand]] is called ὄργανον ὀργάνων or ὄργανον πρὸ ὀργάνων, Arist.''de An.''432a2, ''PA''687a21; τὰ πορευτικὰ ὄ. the [[organ]]s of [[locomotion]], Id.''GA''732b28; ὄργανα πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῆς τροφῆς = the [[digestive]] [[organ]]s, ib.788b24; τὸ ὄργανον τὸ περὶ τὴν [[ἀναπνοή]]ν = the [[respiratory]] [[organ]], Id.''PA''664a29; τὰ ὄ. τὰ χρήσιμα πρὸς τὴν ὀχείαν Id.''HA''500a15; of plants, Id.''de An.''412b1, ''PA'' 656a2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[musical]] [[instrument]], Simon.31, [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in A.''Fr.''57.1; ὁ μὲν δι' ὀργάνων ἐκήλει ἀνθρώπους, of [[Marsyas]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 215c; ἄνευ ὀργάνων ψιλοῖς λόγοις ibid., cf. ''Plt.''268b; ὄ. πολύχορδα Id.''R.''399c, al.; μετ' ᾠδῆς καί τινων ὀργάνων Phld.''Mus.''p.98K.; of the pipe, Melanipp.2, Telest.1.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[surgical]] [[instrument]], Hp.''Off.''2, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.3.47, Pl. ''Plt.''298c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> concrete, [[work]] or [[product]], μελίσσης [[κηρόπλαστος|κηρόπλαστον]] ὄ. S.''Fr.''398.5; λαϊνέοισιν Ἀμφίονος ὀ., of the [[wall]]s of [[Thebes]], E.''Ph.''115 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> of logic as an [[instrument]] of [[philosophy]], ἡ λογικὴ [[πραγματεία]] ὀργάνου χώραν ἔχει ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Alex.Aphr.''in Top.''74.29, cf. Phlp.''in APr.''6.23; πᾶσα τεχνικὴ [[διδασκαλία]] ὑπὸ τὸ λογικὸν ὄ. ἀνάγεται Sch.D.T.p.161 H.; but τὸ ὄργανον as title of [[Aristotle]]'s collected [[logical]] [[writing]]s lacks authority.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[instrument]] or [[table]] of [[calculation]]s, εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ [[προκείμενον]] ὄργανον Vett.Val.20.12.<br><span class="bld">V</span> ὄργανον [[χλούνιον]], = [[ἠρύγγιον]], Ps.-Dsc.3.21.