cithara

Latin > English

cithara citharae N F :: cithara, lyre; lute, guitar (L+S)

Wikipedia EN

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.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cĭthăra: ae, f., = κιθάρα,
I the cithara, cithern, guitar, or lute (very freq. in the poets, esp. in Hor.), Lucr. 2, 28; 4, 981; Tib. 2, 3, 12; 2, 5, 2; Verg. A. 6, 120; 9, 776; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15; 2, 12, 4; Varr. L. L. S, § 61 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 3; Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204; Quint. 1, 10, 3; 1, 10, 10; 2, 8, 15; Tac. A. 14, 14; 15, 65 al.—
II Meton., the music of the cithara, or, in gen., of a stringed instrument, the art of playing on the cithara, Prop. 2 (3), 10, 10; Verg. A. 12, 394; Hor. C. 1, 24, 4; id. S. 2, 3, 104 and 105.

Muse tuning two kitharai. Detail of the interior from an Attic white-ground cup from Eretria, c. 465 BCE.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cĭthăra,¹⁰ æ, f. (κιθάρα), cithare : Virg. En. 6, 120 ; Plin. 7, 204 ; cithara perite uti Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 19, jouer habilement de la cithare ; canere laudes deorum ad citharam Quint. 1, 10, 13, chanter les louanges des dieux au son de la cithare || [fig.] a) chant sur la cithare : Prop. 2, 10, 10 ; b) l’art de jouer de la cithare : Virg. En. 12, 394.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Latin > Chinese

cithara, ae. f. :: 琵琶絃。Pulsare citharam 彈琵琶。

Translations

als: kithara; be: кіфара; cs: kithara; de: Kithara; el: κιθάρα; grc: κίθαρις, κιθάρα, κιθάρη; en: cithara; eo: citro; es: kithara; et: kitara; fa: کیتارا; fi: kithara; fr: cithare; ga: kithara; hr: kitara; hu: kithara; hy: կիֆարա; it: cetra; ja: キタラー; ka: კიფარა; ko: 키타라; la: cithara; lb: kithara; mk: китара; nl: kithara; nn: kithara; no: kithara;: kitara; ru: кифара; sh: kitara; sl: starogrška kitara; sr: китара; sv: kithara; tg: кифара; tr: kithara; uk: кіфара; uz: kifara