A.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.
2. make by hand, build, “οἰκοδομίαν” Ael.NA3.24:—Pass., “πολλὰ γυμνάσια ἐκεχειρούργητο” Pl.Criti.117c.
b. use as material, work in, ἐλέφαντα cj. in Ael.NA17.32.
3. practise an art, esp. of music, “ᾁδοντές 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.
4. of surgeons, operate, Hp.Flat.1, Plu.2.71a, Gal.2.228: c. acc., operate upon, Sor. 1.4, Artem.4.2:—Pass., “ὁ χειρουργηθεὶς ἄνθρωπος” Gal.10.943.
5. sens. obsc., D.L.6.46.
