Sirius Black's name, was: Re: Farmer Hagrid, hairy sisters, more pro-Cho

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., monicawitt at m... wrote:
> Well, you're right, but her names often mix languages, spellings, 
and 
> common names with descriptive ones. For example, Sirius Black = 
Black 
> Dog, it's Greek (or Latin? I don't have a dictionary handy

Neither.  Canis is dog in Latin, in Greek it is (transliterated) 
skylos.  Sirius is, however, a star which is often nicknamed the Dog 
Star.

Joshua Dyal