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ὄργανον , τό, (ἔργον, ἔρδω)
b. of the body and its different parts, Arist.PA 642a11, 645b14, GA716a24, Phld.Mus.pp.71,96 K., Gal.10.47 ; the hand is called ὄργανον ὀργάνων or . πρὸ ὀργάνων, Arist.de An.432a2, PA687a21 ; τὰ πορευτικὰ . the organs of locomotion, Id.GA732b28; . πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῆς τροφῆς the digestive organs, ib.788b24 ; τὸ . τὸ περὶ τὴν ἀναπνοήν the respiratory organ, Id.PA664a29 ; “τὰ . τὰ χρήσιμα πρὸς τὴν ὀχείανId.HA500a15 ; of plants, Id.de An.412b1, PA 656a2.
3. musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; μὲν δι᾽ ὀργάνων ἐκήλει ἀνθρώπους, of Marsyas, Pl.Smp.215c ; ἄνευ ὀργάνων ψιλοῖς λόγοις ibid., cf. Plt.268b ; “. πολύχορδαId.R.399c, al.; “μετ᾽ ᾠδῆς καί τινων ὀργάνωνPhld.Mus.p.98K.; of the pipe, Melanipp.2, Telest.1.2.
4. surgical instrument, Hp.Off.2, X.Cyr.5.3.47, Pl. Plt.298c.
II. concrete, work or product,μελίσσης κηρόπλαστον .S.Fr.398.5 ; λαϊνέοισιν Ἀμφίονος ., of the walls of Thebes, E.Ph.115 (lyr.).
III. of logic as an instrument of philosophy, “ λογικὴ πραγματεία ὀργάνου χώραν ἔχει ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳAlex.Aphr.in Top.74.29, cf. Phlp.in APr.6.23 ; πᾶσα τεχνικὴ διδασκαλία ὑπὸ τὸ λογικὸν . ἀνάγεται Sch.D.T.p.161 H.; but τὸ . as title of Aristotle's collected logical writings lacks authority.
IV. instrument or table of calculations,εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ προκείμενον ὄργανονVett.Val.20.12.
V. . χλούνιον, = ἠρύγγιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.21.
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