organum
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Latin > English
organum organi N N :: organ; organ pipe; mechanical device; instrument; [~ hydraulicum=>water organ]
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
orgănum: i, n., = ὄργανον,
I an implement, instrument, engine of any kind (mostly post-Aug.), Col. 3, 13, 12.—Of military or architectonic engines (whereas machina denotes one of a larger size and more complicated construction), Vitr. 10, 1.—Of musical instruments, a pipe, Quint. 11, 3, 20; 9, 4, 10; Juv. 6, 3, 80; Vulg. Gen. 4, 21; id. 2 Par. 34, 12 et saep.—Of hydraulic engines, an organ, water-organ: organa hydraulica, Suet. Ner. 41: aquatica, Mythogr. Lat. 3, 12.—Of a church-organ, Cass. Expos. in Psa. 150; Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 150, n. 7.—
B Transf.: organum oris, the tongue of a man, Prud. στεφ. 10, 2.—
II Trop., an implement, instrument, Quint. 1, 2, 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
orgănum,¹³ ī, n. (ὄργανον),
1 instrument [en gén.] : Col. Rust. 3, 13, 12 ; Vitr. Arch. 10, 1 || [fig.] pl., ressorts, moyens : Quint. 1, 2, 30
2 instrument de musique : Quint. 11, 3, 20 || orgue hydraulique : Suet. Nero 41 || orgue [instrument à vent] : Cassiod. Mus. 5 || registre [en t. de musique] : Quint. 11, 3, 169.
Latin > German (Georges)
organum, ī, n. (οργανον), I) jedes Werkzeug, im Landbau, Colum.: im Kriegs- u. Bauwesen, Vitr.: in der Astronomie, Plin.: in der Medizin v. Katheter der Ärzte, Plin. 26, 17: übtr., org. oris, v. der Zunge, Prud. perist. 10, 2: is (animus) quo generosior celsiorque est, hoc maioribus velut organis commovetur, Quint. 1, 2, 30. – II) insbes., ein musikalisches Instrument, a) ein Pfeifenwerk, Orgelwerk, Blaswerk, Sing., Quint. 11, 3, 169. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 27, 9. Cassiod. de music. 5: gew. Plur., Quint. u.a.: lingulae organorum (der Wasserorgel), Vitr.: folles organorum, Augustin.: scaenica organa, Suet. Ner. 44, 1: organa hydraulica, Suet. Ner. 41, 2, dass. organa aquatica, Mythogr. Lat. 3, 12. – v. der Orgel in der Kirche, Augustin. enarr. in psalm. 150, 7 u.a. Eccl. – b) = psalterium und meton. = psalmorum liber, Isid. orig. 6, 2, 15.
Latin > Chinese
organum, i. n. :: 風琴。工器。丈量田之器。Organa vocis 出聲之筋。
