[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

[Kagome]

No: HPFGUIDX 90426


Rincewind
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>The first word of Hogwarts motto is DRAGO not DRACO as in Malfoy DRAGO means
>Dragon. AS far as I remember Draco was a Roman General, but It Does not mean
>Dragon
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>{Anne}
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>"Draco" is the designation for the dragon constellation whose tail seperates
>Ursa Major from Ursa Minor.
>and, according to Cassell's Latin and English dictionary, it does indeed
>mean "a kind of snake or dragon"

Let's try to put order in this mess =P

Draco: Latin word that means Dragon (YES it DOES mean Dragon. I studied 
Latin for 5 years, so you can trust my words. Draco, draconis, draconi, 
draconem, draco dracone etc. etc. For people who don't know, these are the 
cases of the singular Latin declination of the word "Draco", respectively 
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, ablative). By the way: 
its spelling is "Drahco" and not Dray-co. At least in latin.
Draco: name of a star in a constellation (yes, it's true, even though I 
don't remember the constellation)
Draco indeed was a Roman general
Drago: Italian word that means Dragon. I'm Italian so you *can* trust me.

In the Hogwarts motto the word indeed means "Dragon", although it may be a 
subtle way to implicate a "let sleep the sleeping Draco", in which case it 
means that there's a reason why JKR hasn't still characterized a lot Draco, 
and that there's a reason for Lucius to have been sent to Azkaban ... what 
if this "tickles the sleeping Draco"? Probably this is why JKR said not to 
get too fond on Draco.

I don't know what is Draco's fate in canon, but I won't ever repent to be a 
Draco's fan :)

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