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Definition of Kithara
1. n. See Cithara.
Definition of Kithara
1. Noun. (alternative form of cithara) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kithara
1. cithara [n -S] - See also: cithara
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kithara
Literary usage of Kithara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musical Instruments by Carl Engel (1908)
"the arms of the performer ; while the kithara had a square base and was held ...
The phor- minx was a large lyre, and, like the kithara, was used at an ..."
2. The Life of the Greeks and Romans: Described from Antique Monuments by Ernst Karl Guhl, W. Koner (1902)
"The distinction between lyre and kithara, founded on the different constructions of
... The more complicated construction of the kithara, compared with the ..."
3. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"It has been explained to denote (i) some Gittite instru- .ment; the Tg, on Ps 8,
gives "on the kithara which was brought from Gath"; or (ii) a melody or ..."
4. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"... kithara, latin cithara, italiaa chitara, french guitare, spanish guitarra,
and our guitar, which are all the combined words of the above phrase. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Samuel Rolles Driver, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie (1900)
"There is also a picture of a player on the kithara, accompanying two harpists
... Here, again, we have the ruder form characteristic of the Semitic kithara. ..."
6. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"The bulk and weight of the kithara make it ill suited to such violent movements.
When played, it is held against the torso, so that the body supports part ..."
7. A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life by British Museum, Cecil Harcourt- Smith, Henry Beauchamp Walters, Edgar John Forsdyke, F. H. Marshall (1908)
"There were two varieties of this, the kithara and the lyre proper. The kithara,
an instrument with a large wooden sounding board and upright arms, ..."
8. The Methodist Review (1886)
"In Job xxi, 12, the same translators use the same terms for the same Hebrew words,
but a little farther on, Job xxx, 31, they substitute kithara for ..."
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