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Definition of Cithara

Cithara
Cithara Cith"a*ra, n. [L. Cf. Cittern, Guitar.] (Mus.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

Meaning of Cithara from wikipedia

- The kithara (Gr****: κιθάρα, romanized: kithára), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Gr**** musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed...
- Cithara octochorda (English: Eight-string kithara) is an 18th-century hymnal, containing hymns written in both Latin and Croatian (Kajkavian) language...
- an amateur instrument, which is a smaller version of the professional cithara and eastern-Aegean barbiton, or "lyre" can refer generally to all three...
- exiguus cithara is a black coloured subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that is endemic to Sichuan, China. "Carabus exiguus cithara Cavazzuti...
- accomplished cithara player and singer, was performing in a competition when one of the cithara strings snaps. A cicada as offering, alights on his cithara, sustaining...
- instrument, then it likely was referring to a lyre. It was also spelled cithara or kithara and was Latin for the Gr**** lyre. However, lacking names for...
- "br****" instruments were pla****, as were stringed instruments such as the cithara, and percussion. The cornu, a long tubular metal wind instrument, was used...
- Vexillum cithara, common name the harp mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters...
- a classical Gr**** professional performer (singer) of the cithara, as one who used the cithara to accompany their singing. Famous citharodes included Terpander...
- impostors emerged leading rebellions. The first, who sang and pla**** the cithara or lyre, and whose face was similar to that of the dead emperor, appeared...