[HPforGrownups] Name Origins/Lucius

Coble, Katherine katherine.coble at crgibson.com
Wed May 21 13:16:34 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 58342

	Christina Says:
> The Prefix Luc- generally refers to "light" (Latin,
> Italian, Spanish, and I have seen a couple of others) and I
> always thought it was referring to the family's light
> complexion and almost white hair. Of course I could be
> wrong(it's been known to happen, lol) but just wanted to
> offer my thought on the topic.   Sorry to take so long on
> this reply , I know the thread kinda died out.....
> 
	Mycropht replies to Christina:
I guess I missed the thread, too.  Happens easily when you are gone all
weekend....
I've understood the name Lucius to be sort of a play on the man's evil
nature.
Luc- does mean "light", but the most famous "Luc-" is the Light Bringer
himself, Lucifer.

Of course we all know what happened there.

Mycropht
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