cithara

[ sith-er-uh ]

/ ˈsɪθ ər ə /

noun

kithara.

OTHER WORDS FROM cithara

cith·a·rist, noun

Words nearby cithara

citation, citation form, cite, CITES, Cithaeron, cithara, cither, citied, citified, citify, citizen

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Example sentences 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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单词	cithara
释义	cithara [ sith-er-uh ] / ˈsɪθ ər ə / noun kithara. OTHER WORDS FROM cithara cith·a·rist, noun Words nearby cithara citation, citation form, cite, CITES, Cithaeron, cithara, cither, citied, citified, citify, citizen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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