Garden of Embers: Beneath Devouring Eyes #2

Glossary of Nova Latina Terms

You do not need to read this glossary to enjoy the story. However, if you find it helpful to reference the glossary to remind yourself of what a word means, I have provided this selection of Nova Latina terms used in the story for your convenience and enjoyment.

As you read the story, if you encounter a word you hoped to look up that is missing from the glossary, let me know in the comments, and I'll add it!

GLOSSARY

Aedificans: the lifelong teacher and guardian of a Lightholder alumna. Usually the aedificans and alumna belong to the same magical lineage to make training easier, although this is not required

Aedificanti: a polite term of address similar to "Master." Used exclusively by an alumna as an honorific when addressing or referring to their aedificans

Alumna: the lifelong student and ward of a Lightholder aedificans. Usually the aedificans and alumna belong to the same magical lineage to make training easier, though this is not required

Aquarius: the planet on which the story is set, an Earth-like planet orbiting a red dwarf star. The planet is tidally-locked, causing one side to constantly face the sun and the other side to constantly face away from the sun

Arx Luminosa: the 5-palace complex in the capital city of Vola Apertus, where the royal residences of the Rex and 4 Princepses are located

Augustus: a polite term of address similar to "Your Majesty." Used exclusively as an honorific when addressing or referring to the Rex

Avia: a kinship term used to refer to the mother of an alumna's aedificans

Basilicus: a polite term of address similar to "Your Highness." Used exclusively as an honorific when addressing or referring to a Princeps

Bestia: a night-side lifeform

Blightlands: a long region of land stretching from just beyond Provincia Sicarii's day-side borderlands into the heart of the night-side, where rogue promenia tears up the land, alters local weather patterns, and threatens the Trellis Isles and other promenia

Breaker: a Pullati thief who specializes in the art of breaking into buildings

Brightening: the time early each day when the Trellis brightens to provide golden daylight on a planet that otherwise has no day-night cycle and dwells under a crimson sun unfavorable to agriculture. Followed immediately by a daily morning Rain shower

Bulla: an amulet in the shape of the tri-hand. Believed to have protective powers, especially against the Devouring Eyes

Caeles: the mental environment generated by the Trellis within a person's mind to facilitate certain kinds of magical undertakings, such as receiving messages or accessing the Compendium

Calamity of the Twins: a disastrous event 800 years prior to the book, when a pair of twin worldholders caused a massive Trellis failure, leading to the formation of the Blightlands. The disaster was caused by twin resonance, a magical condition occurring in identical twin Lightholders, when the prometus of each twin interferes with the functioning of the other twin's prometus, leading to health issues and magical mishaps.

Cattus: a magically-modified cat-like animal with white fur, mismatched blue-and-green and red-and-orange eyes, and a neck ruff that flares when the cattus is agitated

Clivia: a vicious night-side flying creature with fur-like filiments that are used to make expensive fabrics

Collegium: a walled district located in the forum of many large cities, where sorcerers study, work, govern, and live