do with the hand, execute,
χειρουργ-έω,
A. do with the hand, execute,
διακονήσασα καὶ χειρουργήσασα
Antipho 1.20
; esp. ofacts of violence,
νεανίσκοι, οἷς ἐχρῶντο εἴ τί που δέοι χειρουργεῖν
Th. 8.69
, cf. Aeschin. 2.117 .
2. make by hand, build,
οἰκοδομίαν
Ael. NA 3.24
:— Pass. , πολλὰ γυμνάσια ἐκεχειρούργητο
Pl. Criti. 117c
.
b. use as material, work in, ἐλέφανταcj. in Ael. NA 17.32 .
3. practisean art, esp. of music, ᾄδοντές τε καὶ χειρουργοῦντες
Arist. Pol. 1340b20
, cf. 1342a3 , Iamb. Comm.Math. 26 ;produce by art,of hatching eggs by artificial means, 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 .
4. 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
.
5. sens. obsc., D.L. 6.46 .
