The corpus record — Latin

organum

organum · n

an implement

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Where it lives

Apotheosis 3 · 4.05/10k
De Architectura 16 · 2.77/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Nero 2 · 2.56/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Peristephanon Liber 2 · 1.14/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

orgănum — Lewis & Short

orgănum, i, n., = o)/rganon,

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. stef. 10, 2.—

II Trop., an implement, instrument, Quint. 1, 2, 30.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. organum (scan p. 492; entry #7973).

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