cithara
See also: cíthara
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.
Noun
editcithara (plural citharas or citharai or citharae or (archaic) citharæ)
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editLatin
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára), with the common vacillation in the unstressed /er~ar/, as in Caesar- ~ Caeser-, hilaris ~ hilerus, materis ~ mataris.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈki.tʰa.ra/, [ˈkɪt̪ʰärä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ta.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪ärä]
Noun
editcithara f (genitive citharae); first declension
- (music) cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar
- (New Latin) guitar (ellipsis of cithara hispānica.)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cithara | citharae |
genitive | citharae | citharārum |
dative | citharae | citharīs |
accusative | citharam | citharās |
ablative | citharā | citharīs |
vocative | cithara | citharae |
Derived terms
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edit- Borrowings
References
edit- “cithara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cithara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cithara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cithara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cithara”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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