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Χειρουργίας · of handiwork (χ 266) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near χ266

χ262must be voted upon
χ263vote, show of hands
χ264I elect (by raising a hand)
χ265I get the better of, I master, I subdue
χ266of handiwork
χ267Cheiron, Chiron
χ268hand-master, master of hands
χ269Cheironian sore, Chironian sore
χ270at close quarters

Suda/Χ chi/χ266

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Χειρουργίας

of handiwork

Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

art history
biography
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
imagery
+2
- trade and manufacture
- women

3 notes · 39 words

Translation

[Meaning] of daring. Aristophanes [writes]: "these [women] will leave nothing of their obstinate handiwork behind." ["Obstinate"] meaning constant; [derived] from exceedingly [li/an] to be present [parei=nai].¹
The best and most accurate handicraftsmen² were Pheidias, Lysippus, Polycleitus. [They were] sculptors.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χειρουργίας· τόλμης. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὐδὲν ἐλλείψουσιν αὗται λιπαρᾶς χειρουργίας. ἀντὶ τοῦ προσεχοῦς· παρὰ τὸ λίαν παρεῖναι. Χειρουργοὶ ἐγένοντο ἄριστοι καὶ ἀκριβεῖς Φειδίας, Λύσιππος, Πολύκλειτος. ἀγαλματοποιοί.

Betacode

*xeirourgi/as: to/lmhs. *)aristofa/nhs: ou)de\n e)llei/yousin au(=tai lipara=s xeirourgi/as. a)nti\ tou= prosexou=s: para\ to\ li/an parei=nai.  *xeirourgoi\ e)ge/nonto a)/ristoi kai\ a)kribei=s *feidi/as, *lu/sippos, *polu/kleitos. a)galmatopoioi/.

Notes (3)

The headword -- here in the genitive case, extracted from the quotation given -- usually means "handiwork", "craft", "skill" in the literal sense; but, as in this passage and its gloss, it also has figurative applications.
1Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673 (which has liparaou=s for the Suda's lipara=s: see web address 1 below), with glosses (the etymological one fanciful and incorrect) from the scholia there; cf. lambda 578. ↩
2Or: the best handicraftsmen [the word to which the entry now turns] in the strict sense of that term. ↩
3See alpha 135 and its web addresses for more on these artists.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α135Ἀγαλματοποιοίstatue-makers, sculptorsThat is, craftsmen; these [are] in the strict sense Lysippus, Polycleitus, Pheidias.

Neighbouring entries

χ264ΧειροτονῶI elect (by raising a hand)χ265ΧειροῦμαιI get the better of, I master, I subdue χ266Χειρουργίαςof handiwork χ267ΧείρωνCheiron, Chiron χ268Χειρῶναξhand-master, master of hands

Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Nov 2013

11 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2008augmented and rearranged notes; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
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27 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χειρουργίας (Adler number chi 266), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 27 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/266

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗