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ὀργανικός

ὀργανικός, serving as instruments

ὀργᾰν-ικός, ή, όν,
  • serving as organs or instruments, instrumental, esp. of the several parts of the body, Arist. PA 646b26: distd. from τὰ κινητικά, Id. GA 742b10; τὰ ὀ. μέρη Id. EN 1110a16, cf. PA 661b29, GA 739b14, al.; αἱ ὀ. [ἀρεταί], of a slave, Id. Pol. 1259b23; ὀ. καὶ μηχανικαὶ κατασκευαί Plu. QConv. 2.718f; esp. of war-engines, ἡ ὀ. βία D.S. 17.43; ὀ. κατασκευαί Onos. 42.3: metaph., ὁ ὀ. εἰς πλήθη λόγος speech which is brought to bear on the mob, Plu. Cat.Mi. 4; of musicians, practical, opp. λογικοί (theoretical), Id. QConv. 2.657e; ἐποιεῖτο ἀκροάσεις λογικάς τε καὶ ὀ. Supp.Epigr. 2.184.6 (Tanagra, ii B.C.); so of surgeons, τῶν ὀ. οἱ διασημότεροι PMed.Lond. 155.2.13; ἡ ὀ. (sc. τέχνη) Plu. Marc. 14; but ὀργανικός, = λογικός, logical, Elias in Porph. 115.17. Adv. -κῶς by way of instruments, Arist. EN 1099b28; -κώτερον making more use of instruments, Simp. in Cael. 504.33; τὸ κινοῦν ὀ. Arist. de An. 433b21.

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