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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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, 2 Chronicles, 34.12
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 4.21
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 10.1
    • Suetonius, Nero, 41
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.30
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.20
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.13.12
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