working by hand, practice of a handicraft, art, skill herein
working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art, skill herein, Ar. Lys. 673, etc.; opp. γνώμη and γνῶσις (theory), Hp. Morb. 1.6, Pl. Plt. 259e; opp. ξύνεσις, Id. Amat. 135b.
II a handicraft, art
a handicraft or art, 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 the art, practice of surgery, an operation, the mode of operation
esp. the art or practice of surgery, opp. the administration of medicine, χειρουργίῃ χρῆσθαι perform an 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.