citharoedus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιθαρῳδός (kitharōidós), from κιθάρα (kithára, “lyre”) +‎ ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”), the latter from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”), whence Latin borrowings auloedus (“flautist's accompanist”) and comoedus (“comic; thespian”).

Noun

citharoedus m (genitive citharoedī); second declension

  1. singer who accompanies himself on the cithara

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative citharoedus citharoedī
Genitive citharoedī citharoedōrum
Dative citharoedō citharoedīs
Accusative citharoedum citharoedōs
Ablative citharoedō citharoedīs
Vocative citharoede citharoedī

Descendants

  • French: citharède
  • French: cithariste

References

  • “citharoedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “citharoedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • citharoedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “citharoedus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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