OT: Latin (was boggart)

[Jenny T. Malmiola]

No: HPFGUIDX 18535

Graig told us:

> Well, patronus (long mark on the a and the o) is straightforward
> Latin, second declension, meaning "protector, defender, patron".

I think this site might interest very many of us, since Latin is a 
part of HP books:

www.yle.fi/fbc/latini

It's Finnish radio that sends Nuntii Latini-program via satellite all 
over the world. Five minutes of latest news in latin once a week. I 
think they started sending programs in the Net too lately. They also 
answer questions about latin and from archives you can read news few 
months back.

I have studied latin only a year, but it is delightful to understand 
what charms mean and where the names come from. I have also enjoyed 
very much of your discussion about names and their origins. I just 
thought if anybody is interested about collecting HP names in finnish 
I could look them up.

Jenny
zenonah at yahoo.com