cithara
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cithara
C18: from Greek kithara
Example Sentences
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In fact, Nero often played a type of lyre called a cithara.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2023
Diaphanous gold and black chiffon dresses, bound with winding ribbons, pleated and worn with metallic cithara garlands.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2017
It was derived directly from the classical cithara introduced by the Romans into Spain, the archetype of the structural beauty which formed the basis of the perfect proportions and delicate structure of the violin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
All the citharoedi bear instruments of the type here described as the cithara, and never one of the lyre type.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
She swept her cithara, and the tenor voice took up the notes.
From Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists by Jennette Lee
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