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

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

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.