cithara

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The Greek word cithara is not used by Cicero and does not become common in Latin prose till long after Cicero's time, though he several times uses the words citharoedus, citharista_, when referring to Greek professional players.

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  1. noun Music An ancient instrument resembling the lyre.

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  1. Latin, from Greek kitharā.

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  1. As applied to modern instruments usually in the form cither or (by confusion with gittern) cithern, cittern, q. v.; = French cithare = Provencal cidra = Spanish citara = Portuguese cithara = Italian citera, cetera, formerly also citara, cetara, cetra (also with variant termination, Old Spanish cítola = Provencal citola = Old French citole (later Middle High German zitōle, zitōl = Middle English citole: see citole); Middle Latin citola) = Anglo-Saxon cytere = Old High German cithara, cythara, cythera, zitera, Middle High German zitter, German zitter (G. also, accommodation to the L., cithar, cither, zither) = Dutch cither = Danish cither = Swedish cittra, a cithara, guitar, etc.; from Latin cithara, from Greek κιθάρα, a kind of lyre: see def. The word, as derived through the L., shows in English five forms, cithara, cither, cithern, cittern, citole (as well as zither, from the G.); as derived through the Arabic and Spanish it shows two other forms, gittern and guitar: see these words.
 

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/ˈsɪθərə/
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