cithara

[sith-er-uh]

noun

kithara.

Related formscith·a·rist, noun

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Historical Examples of cithara

Hipparete blushed, and with a quick and nervous motion touched her cithara.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
He carried on his back in a box a string taken from the cithara of the Emperor.
The Temptation of St. Antony
Gustave Flaubert
Players on the cithara tune their instrument to these four, viz.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music
David Binning Monro
I had an aunt, she sang too to the cithara—yes she did, why not?
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2
Ernst Eckstein
Baucis knows her duties; have I not taught Claudia to sing and play the cithara?
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2
Ernst Eckstein

British Dictionary definitions for cithara

cithara

kithara

noun

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

Word Origin for cithara

C18: from Greek kithara

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