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κάππα Κ, κ, κάππα, τό, indecl., tenth letter in Gr. alphabet: as numeral κ 20, but κ, 20, 000:— κ is the tenuis guttural mute, related to the medial γ and the aspir. χ. Changes of κ in the Gr. dialects: Ionic κ replaces χ, as κιθών δέκομαι κύθρη for χιτών δέχομαι χύτρα:—it represents π, as κου κοτε κως, etc., for που ποτε πως, etc.; so, ἴσκε ἔσπεν, ἵππος Lat. equus. Doric κ is interchanged with τ, as ὅκα ἄλλοκα τῆνος for ὅτε ἄλλοτε κεῖνος.

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the letter kappa, LSJ sv κ

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Headword:

κάππα

Headword (normalized):

κάππα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

καππα

IDX:

16657

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16673

Key:

ka/ppa

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