[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Lodowicke Muggleton as DNB Life of the Day/etymology of Ludovic

[Janette]

On 3/15/07, Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> --- 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.



montims:
and of course, most Brits are very familiar with Ludovic Kennedy, so for me
it was just a name...  It hadn't occurred to me that Americans, for example,
would find the name unfamiliar...


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