A varied post on Latin

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 3018

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Scott wrote:
> 
> > Lastly I was wondering if those of you who are more educated in 
latin
> > than I immediatley picked up on things such as "Remus Lupin" and 
knew
> > he was a werewolf, or associated w/ wolves, all along?
> 
> Oh, yeah. And as soon as Snape had them do the werewolf homework, I 
was
> sure. Most of her names seem to have some sort of tie to the 
character of
> the bearer. Sometimes it's just that they *sound* right, like 
Severus
> Snape who has an abrupt, crackly manner and has cut himself off 
from most
> human contact, seems like. I'm not sure about Trelawney, but a 
sybill is
> a fortuneteller. Poppy and Pomfrey are both plants. My favorite is 
still
> Sirius Black, who transformed to a black dog, since Sirius is the 
name of
> the dog star.
> 
> --Amanda



Hah! My Latin is quite rusty (I too was a Classics major but many, 
many years ago). I did associate Remus with Romulus and Remus, but 
didn't put it together....
I first saw the Hogwarts crest in Latin (no English translation) and 
got "Never titillate a sleeping dragon" then never annoy a sleeping 
dragon, but kept saying dormiens, that's sleeping, draco is 
definitely dragon (as in Draco Malfoy)...but why would the crest say 
that? Who is the dragon we must not annoy?

Anyway Ludo of course stands for play but does Bagman refer to his 
gambling? Minerva - quite a compliment to McGonagall....But is Avada 
Kedava (spelling?) Latin??????? I got Crucio, and Imperio, quite 
easily.....

S