organicus Latin · revision 9162

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Lucretius|origins=grc ὀργανικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔrˈɡa.nɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [orˈɡaː.ni.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''organicus''' ''m'' (genitive organicī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Varro has a neuter ''organicon''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ὀργανικός|tr=organikós|t=of instruments]], from ⟨órganon⟩ “tool, instrument”, Latin [[organum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucretius uses the noun ''organicus'' “musician”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant concerned with mechanical devices or instruments, mechanical, as in Vitruvius' ''tēlārum organica administrātiō'' “the mechanical working of looms”, and in music instrumental; as a noun it meant a player on an instrument, as in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant organic.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of a body supplied with organs.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|organic]] in the 1510s, “serving as an organ or instrument”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses the noun.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of machines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1510s – English ''organic'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Mechanical, instrumental.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(music)'' Instrumental.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|organic|alt=Organic]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A musician.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[organum]]

+ * [[en|organic]]

+ * [[en|organ]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}