- ὄργανον
- ὄργανονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `implement, tool, instrument, sense organ, organ' (Hp., Ctes., Att., Arist.).Compounds: Few compp. as ὀργανο-ποιός m. `instrument maker' (D. S.).Derivatives: ὀργάν-ιον dimin. (AP, M. Ant.), -ικός `instrumental, operative, practical' (Arist.), -ίτης m. `engineer' (pap. IVp; Redard 36), -ιστής m. `waterworks engineer' (pap. IIp), unattested *ὀργανίζω, but δι-, κατ-οργανίζω (AP, Alchem.); ὀργανάριος = fistularius (Gloss.); -όομαι, also w. δι-, `organised, to be provided with organs' (S. E., Iamb.) with (δι-)-ωσις f. `organisation' (Iamb.). -- Besides Όργάνη f. surn. of Athena (Thasos Va, Athens; v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 164), cf. Έργάνη; as adj. ὀργάνα `operative, formative' (χείρ; E. Andr. 1014, not quite certain).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] *u̯erǵ- `work'Etymology: Formation like ξόανον (: ξέω, -ξοος), ὄχανον (: ἔχω, ὄχος, -οχος), πλόκανον (: πλέκω, πλόκος), ὁρκάνη (: ὅρκος, ἕρκος) a.o. (Chantraine Form. 198, Schwyzer 489 f.); similarly ὄργανον beside -οργός, ὄργια, ἔοργα (ἔρξαι, ἔρδω), ἔργον; whether directly from verb or through -οργός, ἔργον, is unclear. Cf. ἔργον u. ἔρδω.Page in Frisk: 2,410-411
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.