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单词 cithara
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cithara


cith·a·ra

C0371400 (sĭth′ər-ə, kĭth′-) also kith·a·ra (kĭth′-)n. Music An ancient instrument resembling the lyre.
[Latin, from Greek kitharā.]

cithara

(ˈsɪθərə) or

kithara

n (Instruments) a stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece and elsewhere, similar to the lyre and played with a plectrum[C18: from Greek kithara]

kith•a•ra

(ˈkɪθ ər ə)

also cithara



n., pl. -ras. a lyrelike musical instrument of ancient Greece having a wooden soundbox. [1350–1400; Middle English < Greek kithára lyre; compare guitar, zither]

cithara


cithara:

see kitharakithara
or cithara
, musical instrument of the ancient Greeks. It was a plucked instrument, a larger and stronger form of the lyre, used by professional musicians both for solo playing and for the accompaniment of poetry and song.
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Cithara

 

a plucked stringed instrument of the ancient Greeks, related to the lyre. It had a flat wooden body with two arms, joined at the top by a crossbar, and four strings. In the first half of the seventh century B.C. the number of strings was increased to seven; later they were gradually increased to 18. Singing citharists accompanied themselves on the cithara, which was also used as a solo instrument.

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