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cithara
‖ cithara (ˈsɪθərə) [L. cithara, a. Gr. κιθάρα. Musical instruments are subject to great alteration of structure and shape, in process of time, and in different countries. Some of the resulting types become peculiar to one country, some to another. Consequently, cognate names, regularly descended fr...
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Vexillum cithara
Vexillum cithara, common name the harp mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters cithara
Gastropods described in 1845
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Kithara
The kithara, or Latinized cithara (, ), was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. Famous cithara players
Phrynnis () of Lesbos: The Suda mentions that Phrynnis was the first to play the cithara at Athens and won at the Panathenaea; by
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phorminx
‖ phorminx (ˈfɔːmɪŋks) [mod.L., a. Gr. ϕόρµιγξ.] A stringed instrument of the harp class; a kind of cithara or lyre used by the ancient Greeks as an accompaniment to the voice.1776 Burney Hist. Mus. I. 344 The cithara may in ancient times have been thought inferior to the phorminx, as the modern gui...
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Citharode
A kitharode (Latinized citharode)
( and κιτηαρῳδός; ) or citharist,
was a classical Greek professional performer (singer) of the cithara, as one who used the cithara to accompany their singing.
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cistier
cistier ? = cither, cithara.a 1603 Jas. I Chorus Venetus in Farr S.P., With viols, gitterne, cistiers als, And sweetest voices syne.
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Cythara
It was also spelled cithara or kithara and was Latin for the Greek lyre. The development continued from the early cithara lyre, through the forms of instruments (called generically cithara), through the citole, and becoming
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cither
▪ I. cither (ˈsɪθə(r)) Also 7 cyther, 9 cithar. [Cf. F. cithare (14th c.), also mod.Ger. cither, zither, ad. L. cithara: see above.] An anglicized form of cithara, applied to the ancient instrument, as well as its later modifications, the cithern, zither n., etc.1606 L. Bryskett Civ. Life 146 When T...
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Carabus exiguus cithara
Carabus exiguus cithara is a black coloured subspecies of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae that is endemic to Sichuan, China. References
exiguus cithara
Beetles described in 2002
Beetles of Asia
Endemic fauna of Sichuan
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kitar
‖ kiˈtar rare. Also kittar. [Arab. qītār, a. Gr. κιθάρα cithara.] A guitar or lyre.c 1640 Shirley Capt. Underwit i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 330, I can play well o' the kittar. 1817 Moore Lalla R., Parad. & Peri Introd., Striking a few careless but melancholy chords on his kitar.
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Lophoruza
Lophoruza albisecta (Warren, 1912)
Lophoruza apiciplaga (Warren, 1913)
Lophoruza bella (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Lophoruza chalcocosma Turner, 1945
Lophoruza cithara
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Apollo Citharoedus
An Apollo Citharoedus, or Apollo Citharede, is a statue or other image of Apollo with a cithara (lyre).
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Rotta (instrument)
The rotta (also chrotta or hrotta) is a medieval stringed instrument derived from the Greek cithara. The early rotta
The rotta possessed, in common with all other forerunners of the violin, the chief structural features of the cithara: the box sound chest
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Cetra
Cetra, a Latin word borrowed from Greek, is an Italian descendant of κιθάρα (cithara). The cithara was a stringed musical instrument, constructed in wood and similar to the lyre, with a larger harmonic case.
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Cicadas in mythology
Eunomos and his cithara
Egan (1994) cites several Greek sources that tell the story of Eunomos and the cicada. Eunomos, an accomplished cithara player and singer, was performing in a competition when one of the cithara strings snaps.
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