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Apparently: a cithara, harp, or similar instrument. Obsolete. rare.
Any of various plucked stringed instruments similar in form to, or believed to have derived from, the cithara; (in later use) esp. a zither.
An ancient Greek and Roman stringed instrument similar to the lyre. Also occasionally used of other plucked stringed instruments similar in form to…