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[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Was one of them slave?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Nah, servus was masculine and serva and ancilla were feminine.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Nah, for slaves, you just addressed them as younger. "Puer" and "Puella", for example, "Boy" and "Girl", were used for all slaves, regardless of whether they were older or younger than you.