chirurgus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰiːˈruːr.ɡus/, [kʰiːˈruːrɡʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈrur.ɡus/, [kiˈrurɡus]

Noun

chīrūrgus m (genitive chīrūrgī); second declension

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

Descendants

Spanish: cirugía
French: chirurgie
- → English: surgery
- → Turkish: şirürji
Italian: chirurgo
→ Dutch: chirurgus
→ German: Chirurg
- → Czech: chirurg
- → Danish: kirurg
- → Dutch: chirurg
  - Afrikaans: chirurg
- → Estonian: kirurg
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kirurg
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: kirurg
- → Polish: chirurg
- → Romanian: chirurg
- → Swedish: kirurg
→ Interlingua: chirurgo

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.

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