χειρουργός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
χείρ (kheír) + -ουργός (-ourgós), literally “hand worker”.
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰi.rurˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çi.rurˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çi.rurˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çi.rurˈɣos/
Noun
χειρουργός • (kheirourgós) m (genitive χειρουργοῦ); second declension (Koine)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χειρουργός ho kheirourgós |
τὼ χειρουργώ tṑ kheirourgṓ |
οἱ χειρουργοί hoi kheirourgoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χειρουργοῦ toû kheirourgoû |
τοῖν χειρουργοῖν toîn kheirourgoîn |
τῶν χειρουργῶν tôn kheirourgôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χειρουργῷ tôi kheirourgôi |
τοῖν χειρουργοῖν toîn kheirourgoîn |
τοῖς χειρουργοῖς toîs kheirourgoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χειρουργόν tòn kheirourgón |
τὼ χειρουργώ tṑ kheirourgṓ |
τοὺς χειρουργούς toùs kheirourgoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χειρουργέ kheirourgé |
χειρουργώ kheirourgṓ |
χειρουργοί kheirourgoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
Related terms
- χειρουργία (kheirourgía)
Descendants
- → Latin: chīrūrgus
- → Russian: хирург (xirurg)
Further reading
- “χειρουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χειρουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Noun
χειρουργός • (cheirourgós) m or f (plural χειρουργοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χειρουργός (cheirourgós) | χειρουργοί (cheirourgoí) |
| genitive | χειρουργού (cheirourgoú) | χειρουργών (cheirourgón) |
| accusative | χειρουργό (cheirourgó) | χειρουργούς (cheirourgoús) |
| vocative | χειρουργέ (cheirourgé) | χειρουργοί (cheirourgoí) |
Related terms
- see: χειρουργική f (cheirourgikí, “surgery”)
- see: χειρουργείο n (cheirourgeío, “operating room”)
Further reading
Χειρουργική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
