Big pointer to Snape as Vampire

[Mr. Parker]

No: HPFGUIDX 47138

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "clicketykeys" <clicketykeys at y...> wrote:
> 
> Hm. I'm not sure I agree with this. I think the Snape wordplay 
would be a false latinization (not a word, I know, I know) 
of 'severe' for his first name, and a play on 'snake' for his last 
name. So we have an untrustworthy character who is strict to the 
point of severity. Sounds like Snape to me.
> 

Just to point out, Severus is an actual Latin name.  Septimus Severus 
was one of the Roman Emperors (reigned from 198-211).  He fought 
tribes in Britain and has a nice triumphal arch still standing in 
Rome.

Genevieve