A conversation with Eleanor Dickey (University of Reading) on Latin words in ancient and Byzantine Greek. Eleanor has tracked them down and compiled them in a specialized dictionary, where she also offers new arguments about when, how, and why they were borrowed by Greek-speakers. It reaches down to 600 AD, but many of them survived later too, even into modern spoken Greek. The conversation is based on that publication: Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis (Cambridge University Press 2023). 0:00
122. Latin words in ancient and Byzantine Greek, with Eleanor Dickey
Byzantium & Friends
Byzantium & Friends
Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.