ὄργανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”), formed similarly to ξόᾰνον (xóănon, “statue, xoanon”); compare ἔργον (érgon, “work, deed”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄργᾰνον • (órgănon) n (genitive ὀργᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. instrument, implement, tool
  2. sense organ
  3. musical instrument
  4. the material of a work (e.g. timber)
  5. the product of a work (e.g. lumber)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄργᾰνον; τοῦ ὀργᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὄργᾰνον
tò órgănon 		τὼ ὀργᾰ́νω
tṑ orgắnō 		τᾰ̀ ὄργᾰνᾰ
tằ órgănă
Genitive τοῦ ὀργᾰ́νου
toû orgắnou 		τοῖν ὀργᾰ́νοιν
toîn orgắnoin 		τῶν ὀργᾰ́νων
tôn orgắnōn
Dative τῷ ὀργᾰ́νῳ
tōî orgắnōi 		τοῖν ὀργᾰ́νοιν
toîn orgắnoin 		τοῖς ὀργᾰ́νοις
toîs orgắnois
Accusative τὸ ὄργᾰνον
tò órgănon 		τὼ ὀργᾰ́νω
tṑ orgắnō 		τᾰ̀ ὄργᾰνᾰ
tằ órgănă
Vocative ὄργᾰνον
órgănon 		ὀργᾰ́νω
orgắnō 		ὄργᾰνᾰ
órgănă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄργανον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1096-7

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