Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 90411

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

Carol:
> Well, a "sleeping" (formerly complacent) Draco has certainly been
> stirred to active malice. Not that I think that's the meaning of the
> motto, but "Draco" does mean "dragon."

Geoff:
But not by tickling I think......

We did have a thread a few moths ago when I (jokingly to start with) 
suggested that the motto should be translated as "never tickle a 
sleeping Draco". It produced some interesting replies.

Draco, -  the Latin word, not 'im in Slytherin - , also occurs in PS 
when the first Gryffindor password we encounter is "Caput Draconis" 
(= dragon's head).