do with the hand, execute, διακονήσασα καὶ χειρουργήσασα Antipho 1.20; esp. of acts of violence, νεανίσκοι, οἷς ἐχρῶντο εἴ τί που δέοι χειρουργεῖν Th. 8.69, cf. Aeschin. 2.117.
make by hand, build, οἰκοδομίαν Ael. NA 3.24:—Pass., πολλὰ γυμνάσια ἐκεχειρούργητο Pl. Criti. 117c.
use as material, work in, ἐλέφαντα cj. in Ael. NA 17.32.
practise an 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.
of surgeons, operate, Hp. Flat. 1, Plu. Adul. 2.71a, Gal. 2.228: c. acc., operate upon, Sor. 1.4, Artem. 4.2:—Pass., ὁ χειρουργηθεὶς ἄνθρωπος Gal. 10.943.
sens. obsc., D.L. 6.46.