List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin
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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[edit]
- ^ 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".
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