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|lshtext=<b>K</b>: k, [[was]] used in the oldest [[period]] of the [[language]] as a [[separate]] [[character]] for the [[sound]]<br /><b>I</b> k, [[while]] C [[was]] used for the [[sound]] g. In [[course]] of [[time]] the [[character]] C came to be used also for the k [[sound]], and, [[after]] the [[introduction]] of the [[character]] G, for [[that]] [[alone]], and K [[disappeared]] [[almost]] [[entirely]] from the Latin orthography, [[except]] at the [[beginning]] of a [[few]] words, for [[each]] of [[which]], also, the [[letter]] K itself [[was]] in [[common]] [[use]] as an [[abbreviation]]; [[thus]], Kæso (or Cæso), Kalendæ (less correctly Calendæ), [[sometimes]] [[Karthago]] (or Kar.; v. [[Carthago]]); and in [[special]] connections, Kalumnia, Kaput (for Calumnia and Caput, e. g. k. k. = calumniae causā in jurid. lang.): nam k [[quidem]] in nullis verbis utendum [[puto]], [[nisi]] quae significat, [[etiam]] ut sola ponatur, Quint. 1, 7, 10; cf. id. 1, 4, 9.—Some grammarians, [[indeed]], as [[early]] as Quintilian's [[time]], [[thought]] it [[proper]] [[always]] to [[write]] K for [[initial]] C [[before]] a, Quint. 1, 7, 10.—Besides the [[above]]-mentioned abbreviations, the K is also [[found]] in KA. for [[capitalis]], KK. for castrorum, K. S. for [[carus]] suis. | |lshtext=<b>K</b>: k, [[was]] used in the oldest [[period]] of the [[language]] as a [[separate]] [[character]] for the [[sound]]<br /><b>I</b> k, [[while]] C [[was]] used for the [[sound]] g. In [[course]] of [[time]] the [[character]] C came to be used also for the k [[sound]], and, [[after]] the [[introduction]] of the [[character]] G, for [[that]] [[alone]], and K [[disappeared]] [[almost]] [[entirely]] from the Latin orthography, [[except]] at the [[beginning]] of a [[few]] words, for [[each]] of [[which]], also, the [[letter]] K itself [[was]] in [[common]] [[use]] as an [[abbreviation]]; [[thus]], Kæso (or Cæso), Kalendæ (less correctly Calendæ), [[sometimes]] [[Karthago]] (or Kar.; v. [[Carthago]]); and in [[special]] connections, Kalumnia, Kaput (for Calumnia and Caput, e. g. k. k. = calumniae causā in jurid. lang.): nam k [[quidem]] in nullis verbis utendum [[puto]], [[nisi]] quae significat, [[etiam]] ut sola ponatur, Quint. 1, 7, 10; cf. id. 1, 4, 9.—Some grammarians, [[indeed]], as [[early]] as Quintilian's [[time]], [[thought]] it [[proper]] [[always]] to [[write]] K for [[initial]] C [[before]] a, Quint. 1, 7, 10.—Besides the [[above]]-mentioned abbreviations, the K is also [[found]] in KA. for [[capitalis]], KK. for castrorum, K. S. for [[carus]] suis. | ||
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|gf=<b>K</b>, f. n., dixième lettre de l’alphabet latin [représentait dans l’ancienne langue le son du κ grec, tandis que c notait le son du γ ; après l’introduction de la lettre g, et c ayant pris le son du κ, la lettre K ne fut conservée que dans quelques abréviations et dans un petit nombre de mots] : K = Kæso (Cæso) ; K ou Kal. = Kalendæ (Calendæ). | |||
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