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|wketx=The cithara or kithara (Greek: κιθάρα, romanized: kithāra, Latin: cithara) was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. In modern Greek the word kithara has come to mean "guitar", a word which etymologically stems from kithara. The kithara was a seven-stringed professional version of the four-stringed lyre, which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument. As opposed to the simpler lyre, the kithara was primarily used by professional musicians, called kitharodes. The kithara's origins are likely Anatolian.(p185) The barbiton was a bass version of the kithara popular in the eastern Aegean and ancient Anatolia.

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|georg=cithara, ae, f. ([[κιθάρα]], vom pers. ciar = [[vier]], u. tar = [[Saite]]), die viersaitige [[Zither]] (verb. [[cithara]] fidesque, [[fides]] citharaque, zus. poet. = [[lyra]], Verg. u. Hor.), [[ars]] citharae, Hyg.: citharae soni, Quint.: citharae [[cantus]], Hor. u. Lact.: citharae et [[cantus]] [[peritus]], Tac.: citharam tenens, Cornif. rhet.: citharā canere, Tac.: citharā cantare, Censor.: ad citharam canere laudes [[heroum]] ac deorum, Quint.: intendere citharam, Censor.: pulsare citharam, Apul. – sprichw., s. [[citharoedus]]. – meton., das Zitherspiel, [[Saitenspiel]], citharae [[studium]], Hor.: citharam docere alqm, Prop.

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