Eric DIEU

Eric Dieu is a Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès. His research focuses on Greek linguistics, philology, and comparative studies of Indo-European languages, with expertise in accentuation, morphology, semantics, and etymology.

• Positions: 2020–present: Full Professor at Toulouse; 2021–2022: Humboldt Research Fellow at Würzburg; 2009–2020: Maître de Conférences

Research Themes

• Greek Accentuation: Monograph on Greek accentuation rules (Traité d’accentuation grecque, 2022)
• Comparative Indo-European Studies: Investigates suppletion in Greek and IE languages, Hittite and Armenian connections
• Lexicology: Contributions to the Chronique d’Étymologie Grecque (25+ entries)

Recent Publications include studies on Homeric philology, Greek toy terminology, and anthroponymic suffixation. His scientific awards comprise the 2023 Alfred Croiset Prize and 2008 Émile-Benveniste Publication Grant.

Advising: Supervises PhD students Irène Maréchal (Greek adjectives) and Lise Patissou (Greek verb suffixes). Previously directed Toulouse’s Langues, Littératures et civilisations anciennes department (2019–2021).