κιθάρα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
According to Beekes, acquired from Pre-Greek. Probably ultimately derived from or at least related to Proto-Hurro-Urartian *kinnar (“lyre, harp”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ki.tʰá.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kiˈtʰa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ciˈθa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈθa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈθa.ra/
Noun edit
κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ • (kithárā) f (genitive κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ hē kithárā |
τὼ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kithárā |
αἱ κῐθᾰ́ραι hai kithárai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς tês kithárās |
τοῖν κῐθᾰ́ραιν toîn kithárain |
τῶν κῐθᾰρῶν tôn kitharôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κῐθᾰ́ρᾳ têi kithárāi |
τοῖν κῐθᾰ́ραιν toîn kithárain |
ταῖς κῐθᾰ́ραις taîs kithárais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κῐθᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn kithárān |
τὼ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kithárā |
τᾱ̀ς κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s kithárās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ kithárā |
κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ kithárā |
κῐθᾰ́ραι kithárai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → Latin: cithara (see there for further descendants)
- → Aramaic: קיתרא
- Classical Syriac: ܩܝܬܪܐ
- → Old Armenian: կիթառ (kitʻaṙ)
References edit
- “κιθάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κιθάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κιθάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2788 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 694f
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Greek edit
Etymology edit
Semantic loan from Italian chitarra (from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara), adapted to the form of Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κιθάρα • (kithára) f (plural κιθάρες)
Declension edit
declension of κιθάρα
Derived terms edit
- ακουστική κιθάρα f (akoustikí kithára, “acoustic guitar”)
- άταστη κιθάρα f (átasti kithára, “fretless guitar”)
- ηλεκτρική κιθάρα f (ilektrikí kithára, “electric guitar”)
- κιθαρίστα m (kitharísta, “guitarist”)
- κιθαρίστας m (kitharístas, “guitarist”) (Katharevousa)
- κιθαριστής f (kitharistís, “guitarist”)
- κιθαρίστρια f (kitharístria, “guitarist”)
- κλασσική κιθάρα f (klassikí kithára, “classical guitar”)
- λαϊκή κιθάρα f (laïkí kithára, “folk guitar”)
- μπασοκίθαρο n (basokítharo, “bass guitar”)
- ρωσική κιθάρα f (rosikí kithára, “Russian guitar”)
Further reading edit
- κιθάρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el