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[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Was one of them slave?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours 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.