χειρουργία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χειρουργίη (kheirourgíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō, “to work with the hands”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ruːr.ɡí.aː/ → /çi.rurˈʝi.a/ → /çi.rurˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ruːr.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰi.rurˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çi.rurˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çi.rurˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.rurˈʝi.a/

Noun

χειρουργῐ́ᾱ • (kheirourgĭ́ā) f (genitive χειρουργῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art

   Antonyms: γνώμη (gnṓmē), γνῶσις (gnôsis)

2. handicraft or art, especially surgery

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ; τῆς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ hē kheirourgĭ́ā	τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ kheirourgĭ́ā	αἱ χειρουργῐ́αι hai kheirourgĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς tês kheirourgĭ́ās	τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν toîn kheirourgĭ́ain	τῶν χειρουργῐῶν tôn kheirourgĭôn
Dative	τῇ χειρουργῐ́ᾳ têi kheirourgĭ́āi	τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν toîn kheirourgĭ́ain	ταῖς χειρουργῐ́αις taîs kheirourgĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν χειρουργῐ́ᾱν tḕn kheirourgĭ́ān	τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ kheirourgĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kheirourgĭ́ās
Vocative	χειρουργῐ́ᾱ kheirourgĭ́ā	χειρουργῐ́ᾱ kheirourgĭ́ā	χειρουργῐ́αι kheirourgĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• χειρουργός (kheirourgós)

Descendants

• → Latin: chīrūrgia (see there for further descendants)
• → Welsh: llawdriniaeth (calque)

Further reading

• “χειρουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χειρουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χειρουργία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette