organum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →organum, organi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
organ; organ pipe; mechanical device; instrument; [~ hydraulicum=>water organ];
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliquid bonum tamquam tibia aut chorda aut organum aliquod aptatum ad usus canendi; nihil tamen horum facit musicum..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...CLXIX. Est his diversa vox et paene extra organum, cui Graeci nomen amaritudinis dederunt, super modum ac paene..."
