List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin

This is a list of loanwords of Latin origin which entered the Greek language during the Byzantine era.

  • Augousta, honorific term for the Empress
  • Chartoularios tou kanikleiou, one of the most senior offices in the Byzantine imperial chancery
  • Kouropalates, a court title
  • Domestikos, a civil, ecclesiastic and military office
  • Doukas, the name of a Byzantine Greek noble family, from the Latin title dux
  • Droungarios, a military rank
  • Magistros, a ministerial title
  • Magnaura, a large building in Constantinople, possibly from Latin Magna Aula, "Great Hall"
  • Optimatoi, a military unit
  • Patrikios, the Patrician caste
  • Phelonion, a liturgical vestment
  • Praipositos, a senior palace title[1]
  • Primikerios, a title applied to heads of departments and colleges
  • Protonotarios, head of the colleges of the notarioi
  • Rousioi, the "Reds", team in chariot racing
  • Sakellarios, an official with administrative and financial duties
  • Silentiarios, a class of courtiers
  • Tourma, administrative sub-division of a thema
  • Varvatos, term meaning "bearded"
  • Venetoi, the "Blues", team in chariot racing
  • Vestiarion, a major fiscal department

References

  1. ^ Filos, Panagiotis. ""Latin Loanwords in Greek". In G. K. Giannakis et al. (eds.), Brill Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics II, Leiden-Boston 2014: Βrill: 320-323". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)