cithara

[ sith-er-uh ]

/ ˈsɪθ ər ə /

noun

kithara.

Words nearby cithara

citation, citation form, cite, cites, cithaeron, cithara, cither, citied, citified, citify, citizen

OTHER WORDS FROM cithara

cith·a·rist, noun

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Examples from the Web for cithara

To the cithara players and the singers he had ordered beforehand liberal pay.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz
And music played the tympanum and the pipe, the cithara and the harp.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories|Various
Hipparete blushed, and with a quick and nervous motion touched her cithara.
Philothea|Lydia Maria Child
There was anciently a contest held at Delphi, of players on the cithara, who executed a pæan in honour of the god.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo

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

British Dictionary definitions for cithara

cithara

kithara

/ (ˈsɪθərə) /

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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