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单词 clavicytheria
释义

clavicytheria

English

Etymology

clavicytherium + -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
  • Hyphenation: clav‧i‧cy‧ther‧ia

Noun

clavicytheria

  1. plural of clavicytherium.
    • 1867 July, “The Piano in the United States”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume XX, number CXVII, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, 124 Tremont Street, OCLC 612185692, page 86, column 1:
      [W]e find indications of a keyed instrument after the year 1300, called the Clavicytherium, or keyed cithara. [] The clavichord and manichord, which we read of in [Wolfgang Amadeus] Mozart's letters, were only improved and better-made clavicytheria.
    • 1978, Edward L[eon] Kottick, “A Short History of the Harpsichord”, in The Harpsichord Owner’s Guide: A Manual for Buyers and Owners, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 34, column 3:
      Clavicytheria, or upright harpsichords, were also made in Italy. Although they probably were built almost everywhere, the evidence of the extant instruments indicates that they were more common here than elsewhere.

Alternative forms

  • clavicitheria
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