Appendix: Greek, Latin, and the Translations Thereof
Occasionally, “Magister” is overcome by his emotions, at which point he retreats into speaking Homeric Greek. It’s a dead language that almost nobody knows, so in his perception, it’s safer for him to use when he utters things that expose his vulnerabilities and passions. I’ve included a rough translation. It’s rough because my Greek grammar is terrible. I never studied the language; I cobbled together “Magister’s” utterances with the help of Google Translate and an online Liddell and Scott dictionary.
First, two words of classical Latin (ground that I find far more comfortable and familiar):
Magister – teacher, tutor. Ironically, most teachers of this sort in ancient Rome were slaves.
Ancilla – This one’s complicated. In ancient Rom
