[HPforGrownups] Re: Hogwarts Motto

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No: HPFGUIDX 70508


On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 05:10 America/Indianapolis, Kathryn Cawte 
wrote:

>
> Robert (the old) said -
>
>> DraCo (Malfoy) I means harsh, rigid, ergo no connection.
>
> Me -
>
> He's getting this definition from the etymology of draconian. I looked 
> Draco
> (the person whose name is the root of draconian) up in a dictionary. 
> While
> it is possible that this is why he was called Draco I still thik the
> association with the latin word for dragon is more likely.

Of course, i doubt his parents knew he was going to grow up to write up 
a harsh code of laws... and still no clue where he got the idea "Drago" 
was a word...

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