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LNS

citharus, citharī

citharoedus

κίθαρος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a fish of the sole kind

Abbreviations

citharoedus, i, m., = κιθαρῳδός, one who plays on the cithara, accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.

—In fem.: CITHAROEDA, ae, she who plays on and sings to the cithara, Inscr. Orell. 2611.

— Prov.: non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.* † citharus, i, m., = κίθαρος, a fish of the sole kind, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.