chirurgus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰiːˈruːr.ɡus/, [kʰiːˈruːrɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈrur.ɡus/, [kiˈrurɡus]

Noun

chīrūrgus m (genitive chīrūrgī); second declension

1. surgeon, chirurgeon

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chīrūrgus	chīrūrgī
Genitive	chīrūrgī	chīrūrgōrum
Dative	chīrūrgō	chīrūrgīs
Accusative	chīrūrgum	chīrūrgōs
Ablative	chīrūrgō	chīrūrgīs
Vocative	chīrūrge	chīrūrgī

Synonyms

• medicus
• medicus vulnerarius

Related terms

• chīrurgia
• chīrurgicus
• chīrurgius

References

• “chirurgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chirurgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.