citharoedus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κιθαρῳδός (kitharōidós), from κιθάρα (kithára, “lyre”) +‎ ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”), the latter from ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”), whence Latin borrowings auloedus (“flautist's accompanist”) and comoedus (“comic; thespian”). === Noun === citharoedus m (genitive citharoedī); second declension singer who accompanies himself on the cithara ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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