ALOS/ALIN – an affectionate term for a child

 

ANNUAL – birthdate

 

ELYTHERIOS – a word in the old Iamoi language, dating to before the Progression. It means “freedom.” The Liberator’s faction has co-opted much of the old language, including this word.

 

ENILIKIN – a person’s eighth annual (approximately sixteen in Earth years), signifying the transition from childhood to adulthood. A person who is now an adult is called an enilin or enilos.

 

ESOTOI – the middle caste of the Iamoi, who work alongside both patroi and plivoi

 

FRAOULOI – known in Isaak’s time as the “spider weed”; a resilient, woody black plant that can grow in almost any condition

 

GEROI – the governors of a citidome (singular: gerouin [feminine], geros [masculine])

 

GEROTUS – the united body of all geroi on Iamos and Hamos

 

HAMOS – Venus

 

HAOI IFAISTEOI – “The Three Mountains”; the Iamoi’s name for the three Martian shield volcanoes we know as Elysium Mons, Hecates Tholus, and Albor Tholus

 

IAMOS – Mars

 

KYRIOS/KYRIN – a formal term of address, its closest English equivalent being “lord” or “lady”

 

PATROI – the most prestigious caste of the Iamoi

 

PLIVOI – the bottom caste of the Iamoi, considered to be the “drudges”

 

S.C.D. – “System Collective Date”; the annual-count system of the Iamoi, dating back to when the System estimates human civilization first arose on Iamos

 

SIMOS – Earth

 

YACUNOS/YACHIN – beloved, sweetheart