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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

  • χειρουργῶν ἔσφαξεν Ἀκεστορίδην Ἀγέλαοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1211)
  • Ἄριστον μέν, εἰ κἀν ταῖσ παρασκευαῖσ χειρουργῶν κἀν ταῖσ τροφαῖσ ἑστιώμενοσ κοινωνεῖσ τοῖσ θεραπεύουσι τῶν παρόντων. (Epictetus, Works, gnomologium epicteteum e( stobaei libris 3-4) 24:1)
  • ἐπ’ ἀγορᾶσ ποτε χειρουργῶν, "εἴθε," ἔφη, "καὶ τὴν κοιλίαν ἦν παρατρίψαντα μὴ πεινῆν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 27:2)
  • χειρουργῶν τ’ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ συνεχέσ, "εἴθε ἦν," ἔλεγε, "καὶ τὴν κοιλίαν παρατριψάμενον τοῦ λιμοῦ παύσασθαι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 50:8)

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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