K
as a symbol.
In Greek.—
Κ=
κάτθανε (on sepulchral inscriptions), Corinth, Crotona (on coins),
Καῖσαρ, Κόϊντος, Καλανδῶν, καί (e. g.
C. I.
G. 111, 606, 1241, 1318, 2026, 2423).
κ᾽=20;
κ=20,000.
q=
koppa, a letter in the primitive Hellenic alphabet, originally
placed between
π and
ρ, and
answering to the Latin
q, both in form and signification. As a numeral,
it designates 90. The same letter is very frequently found on the coins of Corinth and her
western colonies, particularly Crotona and Syracuse, as a symbol for the city. A koppa was
also branded on Corinthian horses, as a kind of guarantee trade-mark, Corinth being famous for
its stud. Hence
κοππατίας (sc.
ἵππος) in
Nub. 23, 437; Fragm. Anagyrus, 41; or
κοππάφορος in Lucian,
Adv. Indoctos. 5.
ΚΘ=
καταχθονιοις θεοῖς
(
C. I. G. 1182, 5172= Karbel,
Epigr. 418).
ΚΧ=?
κοινοῖς χρήμασι
(
C. I. G. 5932).
In Latin.—K=Kaeso, Kalendae (very frequent before B.C.
180, thereafter generally displaced by KAL), kalendarium, candidatus, castellum, coniux,
cardo, carissimus, casa.
K=castra (also K˙K).
K˙K=calumniae causae.
K˙L=caput legis.
K˙O=canophori Ostienses.
K˙Q=kalendae Quinctiles.
K˙S=carus suis.
