Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χειρουργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειρουργός χειρουργόν

Structure: χειρουργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. doing by hand
  2. a chirurgeon, surgeon

Examples

  • βέλτερον Ἡγέμονοσ λῃστοκτόνου ἐσ κρίσιν ἐλθεῖν, ἢ τοῦ χειρουργοῦ Γενναδίου παλάμασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2801)

Synonyms

  1. doing by hand

Related

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

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