χειρουργέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[do with the hand]], [[execute]], διακονήσασα καὶ χειρουργήσασα Antipho 1.20; especially of [[acts of violence]], νεανίσκοι, οἷς ἐχρῶντο εἴ τί που δέοι χειρουργεῖν Th.8.69, cf. Aeschin.2.117.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[make by hand]], [[build]], οἰκοδομίαν Ael.''NA''3.24:—Pass., πολλὰ γυμνάσια ἐκεχειρούργητο Pl.''Criti.''117c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[use as material]], [[work in]], [[ἐλέφαντα]] cj. in Ael.''NA''17.32.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[practise]] an art, especially of music, ᾄδοντές τε καὶ χειρουργοῦντες Arist.''Pol.''1340b20, cf. 1342a3, Iamb.''Comm.Math.''26; [[produce by art]], of hatching eggs by artificial means, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]1.74:—Pass., to [[be highly cultivated]], of vines, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐμπειρίας Id.3.62; to [[be dressed]], of meats, Megasth.28.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of surgeons, [[operate]], Hp.''Flat.''1, Plu.2.71a, Gal.2.228: c. acc., [[operate upon]], Sor. 1.4, Artem.4.2:—Pass., ὁ χειρουργηθεὶς ἄνθρωπος Gal.10.943.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[sensu obsceno|sens. obsc.]], D.L.6.46.