The corpus record

χειρουργ-ικός

cheirourgikos

of technical dexterity

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

of technical dexterity, practical, execution

of technical dexterity, ἡ χ. ἐπιστήμη Arist. Pol. 1341b1; τὰ μὴ χ. (sc. τῶν τεχνῶν) Phld. Po. 5.2; χ. μέρος τῆς μουσικῆς the practical part of music, i.e. execution, Plu. Mus. 2.1135d.

2 of, for surgery, surgery

of or for surgery, ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) surgery, D.L. 3.85. Adv. -κῶς Poll. 2.148.

II worked by hand

worked by hand, τόξα Hero Bel. 75.5.

In the wild

χειρουργικῆς · cheirourgikēs Aristotle, Politics 1341a (DIORISIS sentence 3119)
χειρουργική · cheirourgikē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2852)
χειρουργικὴ · cheirourgikē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2851)
χειρουργική · cheirourgikē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2850)

Where it came from

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