κιθαρίζω
kitharizo
play the cithara
Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κιθαρίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ 141: (κίθαρις):—A. play the cithara, φόρμιγγι . . ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε Il. 18.570, Sc. 202; λύρῃ δʼ ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων h.Merc. 423; ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδεν 35, cf. Smp. 3.1, Oec. 2.13; ᾄδειν καὶ κ. Mus. 7 K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a ‘high-brow’, V. 989, cf. 959; ἀρχαῖον εἶνʼ ἔφασκε τὸ κ. Nu. 1357: prov., ὄνος κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενος, like ὄνος πρὸς λύραν (v. λύρα), Pseudol. 7; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, 2.1144d.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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