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.

	singular	plural
nominative	citharoedus	citharoedī
genitive	citharoedī	citharoedōrum
dative	citharoedō	citharoedīs
accusative	citharoedum	citharoedōs
ablative	citharoedō	citharoedīs
vocative	citharoede	citharoedī

Related terms

• citharista

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