List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin

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
 * 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