κιθάρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κῐθᾰ́ρη (kithárē) – Ionic
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ki.tʰá.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kiˈtʰa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kiˈθa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈθa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈθa.ra/
Noun
κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ • (kithárā) f (genitive κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ hē kithárā |
τὼ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kithárā |
αἱ κῐθᾰ́ραι hai kithárai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς tês kithárās |
τοῖν κῐθᾰ́ραιν toîn kithárain |
τῶν κῐθᾰρῶν tôn kitharôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κῐθᾰ́ρᾳ têi kithárāi |
τοῖν κῐθᾰ́ραιν toîn kithárain |
ταῖς κῐθᾰ́ραις taîs kithárais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κῐθᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn kithárān |
τὼ κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kithárā |
τᾱ̀ς κῐθᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s kithárās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ kithárā |
κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ kithárā |
κῐθᾰ́ραι kithárai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- κιθάρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κιθάρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κιθάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2788 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 694f
Greek
Etymology
Semantic loan from Italian chitarra (from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara), adapted to the form of Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).
Declension
Derived terms
- κιθαρίστας m (kitharístas, “guitarist”)
- κιθαριστής f (kitharistís, “guitarist”)
- κιθαρίστα m (kitharísta, “guitarist”)
- κιθαρίστρια f (kitharístria, “guitarist”)
- μπασοκίθαρο n (basokítharo, “bass guitar”)
- ακουστική κιθάρα f (akoustikí kithára, “acoustic guitar”)
- ηλεκτρική κιθάρα f (ilektrikí kithára, “electric guitar”)
- κλασσική κιθάρα f (klassikí kithára, “classical guitar”)
- άταστη κιθάρα f (átasti kithára, “fretless guitar”)
- λαϊκή κιθάρα f (laïkí kithára, “folk guitar”)
- ρωσική κιθάρα f (rosikí kithára, “Russian guitar”)
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