1. κιθάρα · kithara — Beekes
lyre
The corpus record
κῐθάρ-α
kithara
lyre
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Distribution
- Psalmi 11 · 3.22/10k
- Revelation 3 · 3.03/10k
- Job 3 · 2.25/10k
- Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
- Isaias 5 · 1.9/10k
- 1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
- Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k
- Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κιθάρα · kithara — Chantraine
ion
3. Κιθάρα · Kithara — Chantraine
κιθαρίζω, etc
4. κῐθάρ-α · kithar-a — LSJ
lyre, thorax, ribs
Attestations
- κιθάρα · kithara Plato, Republic 3.399 (DIORISIS sentence 1751)
- κιθάραν · kitharan Epictetus, Discourses 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 6922)
- κιθάρην · kitharēn Herodotus, Histories 1.24.5 (DIORISIS sentence 152)
- κιθάραν · kitharan Euripides, Heracles 348–351
- κιθάρας · kitharas Euripides, Ion *kre/ousa (DIORISIS sentence 567)
- κιθάρᾳ · kitharai Euripides, Ion *kre/ousa.905 (DIORISIS sentence 573)
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