Latin in Harry Potter
erisedstraeh2002
bdmorrp at budget.state.ny.us
Tue Aug 13 20:36:19 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 42594
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "dragonettefish" <dragonettefish at y...>
wrote:
> In one of Rowlings chat sessions she said something to the effect
> of if you look up names and spells in Harry Potter you may learn
> something or know more about the characters or something like
> that. Well, I looked on the internet for places you can translate
> Latin to English and I found several but you had to know how to
> seperate roots of words and I dont know how. I was wondering if
> anyone did or knew a good site for finding out information for that
> or a good latin site. Thanks!
Hi, dragonettefish -
There are two great sites for info on the origins and meanings of
words in the Harry Potter universe:
http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/
http:/www.harrypotterfans.net/potterica/index.html
Cheers,
Phyllis
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