χειρουργία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • χειρουργίη (kheirourgíē) — Ionic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χειρουργῐ́ᾱ • (kheirourgíā) 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 kheirourgíā		 τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kheirourgíā		 αἱ χειρουργῐ́αι
hai kheirourgíai
Genitive τῆς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς
tês kheirourgíās		 τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν
toîn kheirourgíain		 τῶν χειρουργῐῶν
tôn kheirourgiôn
Dative τῇ χειρουργῐ́ᾳ
têi kheirourgíāi		 τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν
toîn kheirourgíain		 ταῖς χειρουργῐ́αις
taîs kheirourgíais
Accusative τὴν χειρουργῐ́ᾱν
tḕn kheirourgíān		 τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kheirourgíā		 τᾱ̀ς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s kheirourgíās
Vocative χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
kheirourgíā		 χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
kheirourgíā		 χειρουργῐ́αι
kheirourgíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

Further reading
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