cithara
See also: cíthara
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.
Noun edit
cithara (plural citharas or citharai or citharae or (archaic) citharæ)
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Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
cithara f (genitive citharae); first declension
- (music) cithara, cittern, zither, lyre, lute, guitar
- (New Latin) guitar (ellipsis of cithara hispānica.)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cithara | citharae |
Genitive | citharae | citharārum |
Dative | citharae | citharīs |
Accusative | citharam | citharās |
Ablative | citharā | citharīs |
Vocative | cithara | citharae |
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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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