cithara

See also: cíthara

English

Alternative forms

Noun

cithara (plural citharas or citharai)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.tʰa.ra/, [ˈkɪ.tʰa.ra]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ta.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃiː.ta.ra]

Noun

cithara f (genitive citharae); first declension

  1. (music) cithara, lyre, lute, guitar

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cithara citharae
genitive citharae citharārum
dative citharae citharīs
accusative citharam citharās
ablative citharā citharīs
vocative cithara citharae

Derived terms

Descendants

Through Vulgar Latin cithera:

Borrowings:

References

  • 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
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