Usages of cithara
Amica lyram tenet, soror autem citharam pulsat.
The friend holds a lyre, but the sister plays the cithara.
Mater dicit lyram suaviorem esse, sed pater citharam clariorem audiri.
Mother says that the lyre is sweeter, but father says that the cithara is heard more clearly.
Cum tibia canit et cithara simul pulsatur, sonitus totius atrii mutatur.
When the flute plays and the cithara is played at the same time, the sound of the whole atrium changes.
Avia tamen respondet cantum sine cithara pulchrum esse posse, sed chorum sine fidicine minus plenum videri.
Grandmother, however, replies that a song can be beautiful without a cithara, but that a chorus seems less full without a lyre-player.
Deinde pater dicit: “Citharam lenius pulsato et tibiam paulisper tacere sinito.”
Then father says: “Play the cithara more gently and let the flute be silent for a little while.”
Concentus tibiae et citharae matri gratior est quam tibia sola.
The harmony of the flute and the cithara is more pleasing to mother than the flute alone.
Fidicen citharam canit, et convivae eum libenter audiunt.
The lyre-player plays the cithara, and the guests gladly listen to him.
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