cithara

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See also: cíthara

English

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Illustration of a woman playing a cithara.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.

Noun

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cithara (plural citharas or citharai or citharae or (archaic) citharæ)

  1. (music) An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára), with the common vacillation in the unstressed /er~ar/, as in Caesar- ~ Caeser-, hilaris ~ hilerus, materis ~ mataris.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cithara f (genitive citharae); first declension

  1. (music) cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar
  2. (New Latin) guitar (ellipsis of cithara hispānica.)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cithara citharae
Genitive citharae citharārum
Dative citharae citharīs
Accusative citharam citharās
Ablative citharā citharīs
Vocative cithara citharae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle French: citre
  • Italian: cetera, cetra
  • Old Occitan: sedra, cidra
  • Old Spanish: cedra
  • Romanian: ceteră
Borrowings

References

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  • cithara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cithara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cithara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cithara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cithara”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin