koppa

/kop-uh/US // ˈkɒp ə //UK // (ˈkɒpə) //

伞兵,伞状物,伞状花序,伞形花序

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a letter of some early Greek alphabets, occurring between pi and rho and equivalent to Latin Q: later superseded by kappa except for its use as a numeral for 90.

Of horses he is passionately fond; but he begins to use the word koppa, as the Chinese do their words, in various meanings.
(b) Q represents the old Greek letter koppa and is a sharp guttural mute.
Koppa is probably a formation from "hoppa koppati," an imitation of the sound of the hoofs.
Race-horses of the best breed were marked with the old letter Koppa.