cithara

cithara

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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