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Message:: [QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 3061101, member: 84047"]In archaic Latin, "K" was the character used for the sound of K, while "C" was used to represent the sound of G. Gradually the letter "C" also came to be used for the K sound, and after the letter "G" was added to the alphabet, the "C" was used to represent the former sound only. The letter "K" almost entirely disappeared from Latin orthography, being preserved in only a few words such as "Kalendae". Lewis' and Short's Latin Dictionary, from which I derive the above, only lists 7 Latin words beginning with "K", and 4 of them are forms of "Kalendae". But my sense is that Latin orthography, especially in the case of private inscriptions, could be fluid, and I would not be surprised to see "K" for "C" in the epigraphic evidence. But that's a project for my retirement, not now![/QUOTE]