κόππα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϙόππα (qóppa) — Doric

Etymology

From earlier ϙόππα (qóppa), from Phoenician 𐤒 (q /⁠qōp⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kóp.pa/ → /ˈkop.pa/ → /ˈko.pa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kóp.pa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.pa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.pa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.pa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pa/

Noun

κόππᾰ • (kóppă) n (indeclinable)

1. Koppa, an archaic letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet ⟨Ϙ, ϙ⟩; replaced by kappa and reduced to use as the numeral for 90 by the Classical Greek period.