Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰατρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰατρικός

Structure: ἰατρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)atro/s

Sense

  1. of or for a surgeon, surgery, medicine
  2. skilled in the medical art

Examples

  • ἡμᾶσ δέ γε εἰ ὑπολαμβάνοι ἰατρικοὺσ εἶναι, κἂν εἰ βουλοίμεθα διανοίγοντεσ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἐμπάσαι τῆσ τέφρασ, οἶμαι οὐκ ἂν κωλύσειεν, ἡγούμενοσ ὀρθῶσ φρονεῖν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 98:2)
  • μετὰ δὲ τοὺσ ὑλοβίουσ δευτερεύειν κατὰ τιμὴν τοὺσ ἰατρικοὺσ καὶ ὡσ περὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον φιλοσόφουσ, λιτοὺσ μὲν μὴ ἀγραύλουσ δέ, ὀρύζῃ καὶ ἀλφίτοισ τρεφομένουσ, ἃ παρέχειν αὐτοῖσ πάντα τὸν αἰτηθέντα καὶ ὑποδεξάμενον ξενίᾳ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 120:3)

Synonyms

  1. skilled in the medical art

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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