42 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



qualified he might be in other respects, Avas liable to be cashiered, and even dis- 

 franchised."^ 



The language of a conquered people is usually more or less affected by that of their 

 masters. During the Romau period a number of Latin words and idioms crept into 

 the language of Greece ; but it must be remembered that the educated always regarded 

 them as barbarisms.^ As to the Greeks of Sicily and Italy, they in the course of time 

 adopted the language of Rome.^' 



It may be stated here that it was not an uncommon thing for Greeks to assume 

 Roman names ; as, AlXio'; ' ApiaTelB7}<;, Aelius Aristeides ; ^xd^io's ^i\6crrpaTo<}, Flavius 

 Pkilostratus?^ 



§ 28. 



Constantino's vernacular language was the Latin. The language of his attendants 

 and military officers, and also of the Roman noble families who followed him to 

 Byzantium, was the same.^' In short, the Latin was the court language, which 

 privilege it continued to enjoy some time after the death of that emperor. It was 

 now taught publicly in the new capital, and it would seem that a Greek of liberal 

 education was expected to be more or less acquainted with it.^' 



iitiKaBavrai. 261 No/ios ap)^a'ios rjv rtavra jiiv Ta oiraxrovv wparrofieva irapii rots endpxois., Ta)(a 8e Kai rais uKKais twv 

 apx'^", T^s '\TcikSiv iK<p<i>vr\<r6ai pr)fi.a<Tiv • ov irapa^adcvros, i>s elpriTui (ov yap oXXojj), ra r^s cXaTTii(rc<as irpovfiaivf. 

 220 ndiTfs p€U dfiKadev oi rrapa ttj Trore rrpaiT;/ tS)V ap^av ^or]6ovPTfs Tois Tpl)(ovai trKpiviois .... i^i'Kapnov TraiSelas, 

 nepl 6e tijv Pm/iaiav (j)a>vrjv to irXeov fx^^" (TnoiSa^ov • p^pticiSTjs yap t/v avTo'is Kara TuvayKa'iov, 



" SuETON. Claud. IG Splendidum virum, Graeciiieque provinciae principem, verum Latiiii sermonis igna- 

 rum, non modo albo judicum erasit, sed etiam in peregi-initatem redegit. 



'" TaTIAN. Adv. Grace. 1 Bap^apiKali T€ (j>ava7s icrd' ore Karaxp^pfoi a-vp(j>vpSr)v iiptov TTfWOirjKaTe Tiji' SiaXfKTov. 

 LiUCIAN. Quomod. Hist. Scrib. 15 'O yap aiiros oJroj a-vyypacfxvs ttoXXo twc oTrXwi' Kal tov pijxavr^pimav, o>s Vapa'ioi 



aira ovoud^ovcriv, ovTtos aveypa'^e. Athen. 3, 94 'Eiri tovtois Xcx^ficrii' 6 Kwou/cXof TrifTx ^rrjae 5 1 k 6 kt av 



Ilaos ov 6 OiXTTtavAs (rx^TXiamts Ka\ riyj^as rij x^'P' ''o npocTKecpoKatov ((pi] • Me'^pi vroVf l3apl3api^ovTes oi jraufcr^f ; 



61 Liv. 40, 42 Cumanis eo anno petentibus pcrmissum lit publicc Latine loquerentur, et praeconibus 

 Latine vendendi jus esset. Ltd. 262 Ta St Trcpl tIjv 'Evpairriv TrpaTTop-eva iravra rtju dpxaioTTjra 8i((pv\a^ev i^ 

 dvayicr]! Sta to rois avTTJg oiK^Topas, Kal nep "EWrjvas cK Tov TrXeiovos ovras, rfj Ta>v 'iTaKav <j}6eyy((r6ai ^a>vj, KOi 



pdXia-ra rovs SqpoatevovTas. Here E i p a it t] means StcUy and Italy (compare Id. 349). 



62 Philostr. ApoU. Epist. p. 407. 



^' Soz. 2, 3, p. 47 'E?rei 8e Toiis airoxdovas oix tKavois cmpicrfv no'KiTas tm peyidei rrjs iroXeai; pfyiaras ohtas ava 

 Taj dyvihi oTTOpdSrjv olxoSopTja-as avdpas cV Xoyw cvv Toij otKeioir SfcnroTas Troirjo-as «' TovToir KaTWKiuf ■ Tovr pev eK rrjs 

 rrpea-^vripas Pa)pr]s, rovs S' e| crepav i6va>v ptTaKoKea-dpevos. Zos. 97 KaTraKevdiras §£ oiKi'af Tia\ tcov ex t^j yepov- 

 alas aKoXoiidfjaaa-tv aira SimXfcrc noKfpov ouSeya KaTwpdioKas. TheOPH. 34 *Hi/ Ka'i (fyiKoTtpas Seipdpevos oixois 

 ■n-ept<j>avc(Tt rovs drro Pm/x>)9 d^ioXoyovs p(T(iKi(T€, k. t. X. CODIN. 20 OiXav 8e 6 peyas Kava-TavT'ims oiKrjcrai Tr)V iroKiv 

 avTov, paXicrra 6e roiis Fapalovs eir to Bv^dpnov, k. t. X. 



6* Compare SoCR. 5, 25 TpappaTinos ns ovopart Eiiyimos PapaUois jratSeiav Xoyovs. APOPHTH. Arson. 6 



