Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis

by Eleanor Dickey

Why, when, and how did speakers of ancient Greek borrow words from Latin? Which words did they borrow? Who used Latin loanwords, and how? Who avoided them, and why? How many words were borrowed, and what kind of word? How long did the loanwords survive? Until now, attempts to answer such questions have been based on incomplete and often misleading evidence, but this study offers the first comprehensive collection of evidence from papyri, inscriptions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108841007
• ISBN13: 9781108841009
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"