Cithaeron

Translingual

Proper noun

Cithaeron

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cithaeronidae – certain araneomorph spiders.

English

Alternative forms

• Kithairon

Proper noun

Cithaeron

1. A mountain and mountain range in Boeotia and Attica, Greece.

Translations

mountain range in Greece

• Ancient Greek: Κῐθαιρών m (Kithairṓn)
• Latin: Cithaerōn m

Latin

Alternative forms

• Citherōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κιθαιρών (Kithairṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈtʰae̯.roːn/, [kɪˈt̪ʰäe̯roːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈte.ron/, [t͡ʃiˈt̪ɛːron]

Proper noun

Cithaerōn m sg (genitive Cithaerōnis); third declension

1. A mountain in Boeotia, Greece, sacred to Bacchus and the Muses.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cithaerōn
Genitive	Cithaerōnis
Dative	Cithaerōnī
Accusative	Cithaerōnem
Ablative	Cithaerōne
Vocative	Cithaerōn

Further reading

• “Cithaeron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cithaeron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cithaeron”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Cithaeron”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Cithaeron”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly