organum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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