cetra

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cithara, citera, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of chitarra, which entered through Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.tra/
  • Rhymes: -etra
  • Hyphenation: cé‧tra

Noun

cetra f (plural cetre)

  1. zither
    • 1973, “La casa di Hilde”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
      E ci mettemmo seduti ad ascoltare il tramonto / Hilde nel buio suonava la cetra
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. lyre
    Synonym: lira

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cētra f (genitive cētrae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of caetra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cētra cētrae
Genitive cētrae cētrārum
Dative cētrae cētrīs
Accusative cētram cētrās
Ablative cētrā cētrīs
Vocative cētra cētrae

References

  • cetra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cetra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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