Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The parameters of this study
- 3 Lexicon
- 4 How were Latin words integrated into Greek? Spelling and inflection
- 5 How were Latin loanwords accented in Greek?
- 6 Which Latin suffixes were borrowed into Greek?
- 7 Why were some Latin words not integrated?
- 8 When were loanwords used?
- 9 Where were loanwords used?
- 10 Which words were borrowed?
- 11 Overall conclusions and remaining questions
- 12 Appendices
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index locorum
- Index of Latin words
10 - Which words were borrowed?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The parameters of this study
- 3 Lexicon
- 4 How were Latin words integrated into Greek? Spelling and inflection
- 5 How were Latin loanwords accented in Greek?
- 6 Which Latin suffixes were borrowed into Greek?
- 7 Why were some Latin words not integrated?
- 8 When were loanwords used?
- 9 Where were loanwords used?
- 10 Which words were borrowed?
- 11 Overall conclusions and remaining questions
- 12 Appendices
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index locorum
- Index of Latin words
Summary
Loanwords are divided into cultural borrowings and core borrowings, then categorised into semantic fields to allow typological comparisons. Fewer borrowings come from Roman political and military power (i.e. fall into semantic fields connected to law, government, and the army) than was previously thought. An analysis by parts of speech shows that nouns predominate but adjectives and verbs were also borrowed. Two loanwords related to identity, ‘Roman’ and ‘Christian’, are given more detailed consideration in the context of the imperial and late antique world.
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- Latin Loanwords in Ancient GreekA Lexicon and Analysis, pp. 623 - 650Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023