surgery
From LSJ
Μένει δ' ἑκάστῳ τοῦθ', ὅπερ μέλλει, παθεῖν → Quod destinatum sorte, non fugies pati → Ein jeder muss das leiden, was er leiden soll
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
cutting of limbs: P. and V. τομή, ἡ (Euripides, Fragment).
doctor's room: P. ἰατρεῖον, τό.
it is not like a wise physician to mumble charms over a sore that calls for surgery: V. οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι (Sophocles, Ajax 582).
