List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin explained

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

Notes and 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 .