Lodowicke Muggleton as DNB Life of the Day/etymology of Ludovic

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> Of course, Ludovic (Lodowicke), or Ludwig, ostensibly means "famous
> warrior," but "ludo" in Latin means "I play [games or sports]." The
> full etymology is "ludo ludere lusi lusum [to play, sport; to play at
> or with; to imitate, banter; deceive, delude]." Very revealing,
> regardless of what we think of Ludo.

Geoff:
Ludwig is quite a noted name. Ludwig van Beethoven comes to mind as 
did Ludwig who built Oberschwanstein castle in Bavaria.

I've always assumed that JKR's abbreviation of Ludovic to Ludo 
was one of her famous(?) plays on words with the Latin because of 
his obsession with games.

In public schools, the overall winner of a championship used to 
be declared "Victor Ludorum" (= Champion of the Games). Its 
etymology is not from "ludo" , the verb, but "ludus" (=game), the noun.