cithara

[ sith-er-uh ]

noun

1. kithara.

cithara

/ ˈsɪθərə /

noun

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

Other Words From

• citha·rist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cithara¹

C18: from Greek kithara

Example Sentences

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

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In another passage (c. 6) Plutarch says of the ancient music of the cithara that it was characterised by perfect simplicity.

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But when we come to the scales actually used on the chief Greek instrument, the cithara, the number falls at once to six.

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The Hypo-dorian octave is seen in two of the scales of the cithara given by Ptolemy (p. 85), viz.

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The learned differ as to the precise purpose of the Hymn, and some even exclude the invention of the cithara.

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