χειρουργ-ία, Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,
A. working by hand, practice of a handicraftorart, skill herein,
Ar. Lys. 673 , etc.; opp.γνώμηandγνῶσις(theory), Hp. Morb. 1.6 , Pl. Plt. 259 e; opp.ξύνεσις,
Id. Amat. 135b .
II. ahandicraftorart,
Id. Plt. 258d , 277c ; τῶν ζωγράφων . . ἡ καλὴ χ.
Anaxandr. 33.1
: pl., περὶ τέχνας ἢ χειρουργίας τινάς
Pl. Smp. 203a
, cf. Grg. 450b .
2. esp.the artorpractice of surgery,opp. the administration of medicine,χειρουργίῃ χρῆσθαιperforman operation,
Hp. Prog. [23] ; χειρουργίην ἐν γραφῇ διηγεῖσθαι the mode of operation,
Id. Art. 33
, cf. D.S. 5.74 , Ph. 1.253 , Dsc. 5.15 , Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.24.7 , Sor. 1.12 , etc.