cithara

[ sith-er-uh ]

noun

Other words from cithara

  • cith·a·rist, noun

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How to use cithara in a sentence

  • There remain then the lyre and the cithara for use in our city; and for shepherds in the country a syrinx (pan's pipes).'

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • In another passage (c. 6) Plutarch says of the ancient music of the cithara that it was characterised by perfect simplicity.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • But when we come to the scales actually used on the chief Greek instrument, the cithara, the number falls at once to six.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • The Hypo-dorian octave is seen in two of the scales of the cithara given by Ptolemy (p. 85), viz.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • The learned differ as to the precise purpose of the Hymn, and some even exclude the invention of the cithara.

    The Homeric Hymns | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for cithara

cithara

kithara

/ (ˈsɪθərə) /


noun
  1. a stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece and elsewhere, similar to the lyre and played with a plectrum

Origin of cithara

1
C18: from Greek kithara

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