cĭthăroedus, i, m., = κιθαρῳδός,
I one who plays on the cithara , accompanying it with the voice (diff. from citharista by the accompanying singing), Cic. Mur. 13, 29; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3; * Hor. A. P. 355; Quint. 1, 12, 3; 4, 1, 2; 11, 3, 88; Suet. Ner. 20, 21; 20, 22; 20, 41; id. Vit. 4; id. Dom. 4 al.—In fem. : CITHAROEDA, ae, she who plays on and sings to the cithara , Inscr. Orell. 2611.—
b Prov.: non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3.