ὄργανον, τό,
(ἔργον, ἔρδω) instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 905, compare ἀθηρόβρωτος] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λογχοποιῶν ὄργανα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1208, compare “Ion” 1030; πολεμικὰ ὅπλα τε καὶ ὄργανα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 374d, compare “Lg.” 956a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. without any adjective, engine of war, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 81; τὰ ναυτικὰ ὄ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]tackle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298d; ὄ. ὅσα περὶ γεωργίαν [prev. author] “R.” 370d; ὄνομα ἄρα διδασκαλικόν τί ἐστιν ὄ. [prev. author] “Cra.” 388b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄργανα χρόνων or χρόνου, of the stars, [[ [prev. author] “Ti.” 41e, 42d; ὄ. κυβευτικά 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a person, ἁπάντων ἀεὶ κακῶν ὄ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 380 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 organ of sense or apprehension, τὰ περὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ὄ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὄ. ᾧ καταμανθάνει ἕκαστος[[ [prev. work] 518c, compare “Tht.” 185c, +others; δι᾽ ἀμυδρῶν ὀ. θεᾶσθαί τι [prev. author] “Phdr.” 250b, compare “Ti.” 45b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 11.6, 7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b of the body and its different parts, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 642a11, 645b14, “GA” 716a24, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” pp.71,96 K., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.47 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; the hand is called ὄργανον ὀργάνων or ὄ. πρὸ ὀργάνων, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 432a2, “PA” 687a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πορευτικὰ ὄ. the organs of locomotion, [[ [prev. author] “GA” 732b28 ] Refs]; ὄ. πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῆς τροφῆς the digestive organs, [[[prev. work] 788b24 ] Refs]; τὸ ὄ. τὸ περὶ τὴν ἀναπνοήν the respiratory organ, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 664a29; τὰ ὄ. τὰ χρήσιμα πρὸς τὴν ὀχείαν [prev. author] “HA” 500a15 ] Refs]; of plants, [[ [prev. author] “de An.” 412b1, “PA” 656a2. ] Refs]