[HPforGrownups] Re: Hogwarts Motto

Random random832 at rcbooks.org
Tue Jul 15 09:31:02 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 70456


On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 03:48 America/Indianapolis, robert 
haberfield wrote:
>

> The short answer is no.
>
> Hogwarts motto is "DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS" Note draGo - 
> Dragon.

drago - not a word, or not latin.
draco - dragon.

Looking at the coat of arms, the letter is quite clearly a C.

http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=draco&ending=
http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=drago&ending=

> DraCo (Malfoy) I means harsh, rigid, ergo no connection.

incorrect. Though i would like to know where you heard both definitions 
you are basing this on

> Robert (the old)

--Random832





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