ὀργανικός
organikos
serving as organs
Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀργανικός, ή, όν, A. serving as organs or instruments, instrumental, esp. of the several parts of the body, PA 646b26: distd. from τὰ κινητικά, GA 742b10 ; τὰ ὀ. μέρη EN 1110a16, cf. PA 661b29, GA 739b14, al. ; αἱ ὀ. [ἀρεταί], of a slave, Pol. 1259b23 ; ὀ. καὶ μηχανικαὶ κατασκευαί 2.718f; esp. of war-engines, ἡ ὀ. βία 17.43 ; ὀ. κατασκευαί 42.3 : metaph., ὁ ὀ. εἰς πλήθη λόγος speech which is brought to bear on the mob, Cat.Mi. 4 ; of musicians, practical, opp. λογικοί (theoretical), 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) Marc. 14 ; but ὀργανικός, = λογικός, logical, in Porph. 115.17. Adv. -κῶς by way of instruments, EN 1099b28; -κώτερον making more use of instruments, in Cael. 504.33 ; τὸ κινοῦν ὀ. de An. 433b21.
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