Studies in Greek Lexicography

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This volume presents nineteen studies by specialists in the field of Greek lexicography. A number of papers deal with historical aspects of Greek lexicography covering all phases of the language, i.e. ancient, medieval and modern, as well as the interrelations of Greek to neighboring languages. In addition, other papers address more formal issues, such as morphological, semantic and syntactic problems that are relevant to the study of Greek lexicography, as well as the study of individual words. Finally, in one study the problem of technical linguistic terminology is addressed along with the methodological, epistemological and other issues relating to the particular problem. The work is of special interest to scholars on the long standing problems of diachronic semantics, historical morphology and word formation, and to all those interested in etymology and the study of words of the Greek language. Preface Contents J.N. Kazazis, Classicist and Lexicographer Part I: History of Greek Lexicography Kriaras’ Medieval Dictionary and its importance for the study of Modern Greek Language contact and contact induced change in the light of the (digital) lexicography of Greek loanwords in the non-Indo-European languages of the Greco-Roman worlds (Coptic, Hebrew/Aramaic, Syriac) Greek-Albanian and Albanian-Greek lexicography in the 18th and 19th centuries Language change and early dictionaries of Modern Greek From Plato to the Byzantine Etymologica: The etymologies of ‘ἥρωες’ in the Etymologicum Gudianum Crystal’s dictionary of linguistics and phonetics and its adaptation to Greek: lexicographic, terminological and translation issues Part II: Etymology Agamemnon What’s in a drop? Making sense of ΨΑΚΑΣ in Aristophanes, Acharnians 1150–1151 Aspects of folk etymology in Ancient Greek: Insights from common nouns εὐ- Macedonian βίῤῥοξ (Hsch. B 627) Part III: Formal and Practical Issues on the Lexicon of Greek: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics Rules for o-ablauting perfects in ancient grammatical treatises: reflections on Theodosius’ Κανόνες Connective particles and literary units in Attic forensic speeches The east/west and right/left dualism and the rise of some taboos in ancient Greek language and culture The Productivity of the suffix -σύνη from Homer to the present day, with special reference to the ‘Septuagint’ and New Testament On some related προ-forms for generational distance in Modern Greek Explanation of Homeric glosses in P. Cair. Mich. II 4 (Socrates archive)? Greek lexicography and the designation of helotic-like populations in Ancient Greece: The history of three compounds Lexicographical Scholia in ms. GA 1424 List of Contributors Index