clavicytherium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əm/    美 /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹi.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
    — [T]he harpſichord is an improvement of the Clavicitherium, an inſtrument known in England in Gower's time by the name of the Citole, from Cistella, a little cheſt.

词形变化

clavicytheriums plural clavicytheria plural clavicitherium alternative

词源

From Late Latin clavicytherium, from Medieval Latin clāvis (“key”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“crook, hook, peg”)) + cithara (“cithara, guitar, lute, lyre”) + -ium (“suffix forming nouns”).
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