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ψῑλο-κῐθᾰριστής

psilokitharistes · ὁ

one who plays the

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What it meant

ψῑλο-κῐθᾰριστής · psilo-kitharistēs — LSJ

one who plays the, without singing to it, instrumental performer

= ψιλὸς κιθαριστής (which is found in Philoch. 66 (pl.)), one who plays the κιθάρα without singing to it, instrumental performer, Chares 4J., cf. Ath. 10.452f, Suet. Dom. 4; also ψῑλο-κῐθᾰρεύς, έως, ὁ, CIG 2759 (Aphrodisias):—and ψῑλο-κῐθᾰριστική (sc. τέχνη) ἡ, = ψιλὴ κιθάρισις, Philoch. l.c.:—cf. ψιλός IV.3.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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