Lexeis Rhomaiai

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Dimitrios Papanikolaou (University of Democritus)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.7.1.01: Byzantine Writing and culture, 476-1453.
Vol. editors: Vaios Liapis (Open University of Cyprus)

Domains

Lexicology and Lexicography

Dates

Date of occurrence c.900- c.1000

Places

Greece (Location)

Genres and Modes

Dictionary

Resources

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The “Lexeis Rhomaiai” is a medieval Latin-Greek dictionary. It is preserved in one manuscript, cod. Barocc. gr. 50 under the title Λέξεις Ῥωμαῖαι κατὰ στοιχεῖον. According to the testimony of Ada Adler, it contains both juridical and non-juridical words (Adler 1931: 695). In its present form, the dictionary contains many corrupt explanations and entries (Adler 1931: 696), a fact which raises suspicions that an initially robust lexicon (probably compiled during the later antiquity) underwent a process of curtailing and of textual deterioration in the hands of copyists who were totally ignorant of Latin.

The extant form of the lexicon in Barocc. gr. 50 is most probably an epitome. A fuller version of the lexicon was used in the 10th century AD by the

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Citation: Papanikolaou, Dimitrios. "Lexeis Rhomaiai". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 May 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19634, accessed 21 November 2024.]