Latin Nautical Borrowings from Greek
The first (bolded) term (the catchword) is Latin, the other bolded term is Greek. Loans are Greek to Latin unless otherwise indicated (by →). A calque is a loan-translation.
acatus/acatium [actuarius] (small merchant galley) akatos/akation
agea (gangway between rowers) cf. agyia
amphora (earthenware jar, much used in transport) amphoreus
ancora (anchor) agkura
ancora sacra (sheet anchor) (Jal) (calque?) hiera agkura
annona (annual grain tribute to Rome) → annona
anquina (halyard) agkoina
antlia (pump) antlia
aparctias (N wind) aparktias
ap(h)eliotes (east wind) [subsolanus, ? calque] apeliotes (Attic)
aphractus [aperta] (not fortified, of ship) aphraktos
aplustre (stern post) aphlaston
apogêus (land wind) apogaios
apotheca (warehouse) apotheke
archipirata (pirate commander) archipeirates
artemo, -nis (foresail) artemonn
biremis (bireme) → dieres (Pollux, AD II)
bolus (a catch [of fish]) bolos
boreas (north to north-northeast wind) boreas
cadus (jar; measure) kados
caecius (east-northeast wind) kaikias
camara (deck) kamara
campsare (to round a cape) (III-II BC, Enn. Ann. 328) kampsai
canalis (channel) → kanalion (AD IV)
canna (reed) kanna
carchesium (mast-top) karchesion
castellatus (fortified with bulwarks) → kastellatos (A.D. 680)
catabolum (warehouse) katabolon
cataphractus [tecta, constrata] (fortified by bulwarks) kataphraktos
catapirates (sounding lead) katapeirates
cataplûs (arrival of a ship) kataplous
catascopus [speculatoria] (reconnaisance vessel) kataskopos
celeu(s)ma (cadence-call for rowers) keleu(s)ma
celox (small merchant galley) (partial calque; by assoc. w/ velox) keles
centenarius (hundred-weight) → kendenaria (A.D. 298)
cercius/circius (west-northwest wind) (direction of loan?) kirkios
cercurus (type of galley) (Livy) kerkouros
ceruchi (lifts [of yard]) kerouchoi
chalare (to lower) (Vegetius) chalao
chêniscus (goose-head ornament at the stern) cheniskos
commercium (trade) → kommerkion
constrata (deck) (calque?) katastroma
contus (pole) kontos
cornu (yardarm) (calque?) keras
corvus/corax (boarding gangway) (corvus prob. calque?) → koraks
costa (rib; frame-timber) (calque?) pleura
côthô, -onis (mooring basin) kothon
cumba (skiff) kumbe
cybaea (merchant galley) (Cicero) kubaia
cydarum (type of vsl) (Gellius 10.25.5) kudaron
denarius (a coin) → denarion (I BC)
diaeta (cabin) diaita
dicrotum (bireme) (Cicero) (and bicrotum, inscrip., partial calque) dikrotos
dromô, -nis (type of large galley) dromon (AD VI)
embaenitarius (class of longshoreman) embaino
embola (loading) (Codex Theodosianus A.D. 438) embole (III B.C.)
emporium (market) emporion
epibata (marine [soldier]) epibates
epicopus (propelled by oars) (Cicero) epikopos
epidromus (jigger mast) epidromos
ergata (capstan) (Vitruvius) ergates
etesiae (etesian winds) etesiai
euripus (strait, canal) euripos
euroaquilo, -onis (northeast wind) eurakulon (Acts 27:14)
eurus (east or southeast wind) [Volturnus] euros
exanclare (to bail out) (archaic) eksantleo
facere pedem (to tack) (calque?) podiaion poieisthai
gaulus (ship; bucket) gaulos
gubernator (helmsman, pilot) (cognate with Greek word?; partial calque?) kybernetes
helcium (tow-rope) (cf. helciarii (boat-haulers), Rougé 1966) helkion (yoke)
hippago(go)/hippêgus (horse transport) hippagogos/hippegos
horreum (grain warehouse) → horia (plural, AD II, Rome)
iugum (thwart) (calque?) zeugon
lembus (boat; auxiliary galley) (Plautus) lembos
liburna/liburnica (type of small galley) liburnis/liburnikon
libs/lips (west-southwest wind)/libonotus (south-southwest wind) lips/libonotos
malacia (calm) (Caesar) malakia
medimnus (volume measure, esp. for grain) medimnos
mesonauta (a class of sailor) *mesonautes
mina (weight meas.) mna
modius (volume meas., esp. for grain) → modios (IV-III BC)
moles (breakwater) → molos (AD VI)
musculus (type of vessel) (Isidore) (calque) mydion
mydion (type of vessel) (Gellius) mydion
myoparo, -onis (type of vessel) myoparon
nauclerus (master) (Plautus) (as navicularius) naukleros
naufylax (shipkeeper) (in two inscriptions) nauphylaks
naulum (freight) naulon
naupegus (shipwright) naupegos
nausea (seasickness) nausia
nauta/navita (arch.) (sailor) nautes
nauticus (nautical) nautikos
navarchus (squadron commander) (Cicero) nauarchos
notus (south) notos
opisphora (braces [of yard]) (Isidore) *opisfora
pannus (a piece of cloth) → pani (on)
parasemo, -nis/parasemum (name-device) parasemon
parastatae (mast partners) parastatai
paro, -onis (type of vessel) paron
pelagus (sea) pelagos
pentêris (quinquereme) penteres
pes (sheet [rope]) (calque) pous
phalanga/palanga (roller for beaching; carrying pole) (AD II) phalanga
pharos, us (lighthouse) pharos
phaselus (merchant galley) (I BC-AD I) phaselos
pîrâta (pirate) peirates
pleromarius (a class of sailor) (inscip., A.D. 200) pleroma (crew)
podia (sheets [ropes]) (AD IV-V) podia
pontus (poet.) (sea) pontos
pristis (galley) pristis
prodromus (northeast wind preceding the etesians) prodromos
propes (tack [rope]) (partial calque) propous
prora (prow) prora
proreta (bow-man) (Plautus) proretes
prosnesium (shore-fast) (Isidore) ?*prosnesion
quadriêris (quadrireme) (partial calque) teteres
remulcum (tow rope) rumoulkeo
saburra (sand; ballast) → saboura (A.D. IV)
saccus (sack) sakkos
sagêna (type of vessel) sagene
salum (open sea) salos
scala (ladder; gangway) → skala (A.D. II)
scalmus (tholepin) skalmos
scapha (boat) (Plautus) skaphe
scopulus (reef, rock) skopelos
securis (ax) → sekourion (A.D. 301)
sip(h)arum (topsail) (on direction of loan, Rougé 1966) → sipharos
sîtarchia (provisions for a journey) sitarchia
situla (bucket) → sitla
spartum (Spanish broom fiber) sparton
spongia (sponge) sphongos
statera (steelyard) statera
statio (anchorage) (partial calque?) stathmos
statio, -onis (place of business) → station (AD 174)
stega (deck) (Plautus only) stega
strophus/stroppus/struppus (strop) strophos
stuppa (tow [flax]) stuppe
tabula (plank) → tabla (AD I)
talentum (weight measure, 60 minae) talanton
tesserarius (dispatch boat) (20 B.C.) → tesserarios
thrascias (north-northwest wind) thraskias
triêrarchus (master of a trireme) trierarchos
triêris (trireme) trieres
trochlea (block and tackle) troxileia
xenodochium (inn) xenodokeion
zephyrus (west wind) zephyros
zopissa (recycled pitch and wax scraped from hull) zopissa