Translation: "The Slave Owns The Master"

[Thomas Weber]

It seems like a friendly group here, so I have the courage to ask...
How would I say "the slave owns the master" in Latin?
I have been looking in dictionaries, etc, and what I can come up with
is, "Addictus proprietatis dominum."

I agree with you completely, that in many senses a slave owns his
master. (It actually happens to be something I've written about.) And
I think this was true in Rome. In the sense you mention, of freemen
falling in love with slaves, this definitely happened in Rome and before
that in Athens, which we know from many Roman comedies and the Greek
plays they were drawn from. I don't have a classical citation for your
particular phrase, but for new Latin, I might suggest "Serva dominatur
in domino." If the sexes were reversed, it would be "Servus dominatur
in domina."

[Zag]

On Mon, 2 May 2005 18:26:53 -0500, "Thomas Weber"

Post by Thomas Weber
I agree with you completely, that in many senses a slave owns his
master.

Thank you! It's good to know that my ideas are not as unacceptable as
some readers with quick tongues made it seem.

A favorite of mine: "Better to keep your mouth shut and have people
think you a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Post by Thomas Weber
(It actually happens to be something I've written about.)

Is it available for me to read?

Thanks again,

-zag

[Thomas Weber]

Post by Zag
Is it available for me to read?

Perhaps that was misleading. I am a creative writer (and literary
translator [and translator in the finance/management field, which
believe it or not pays better]), and what I have written is a play that
dramatizes the mutual relationship of slave and master. It's set in
both the Roman Republic and antebellum New Orleans. So it's not an
essay or article as you may have expected. And in any case, no, you
can't read it, because I just finished it, last week! Wish I could tell
you (wish I knew) when it will be produced and/or published.