Sirius and Remus (was : Re: Use of Hagrid's name - More

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98125

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ms Mo Me <fauntine_80 at y...> 
wrote:
 
Mo:
> 
> Lupin is Latin for "Wolf"
> Hence, the whole Werewolf thing...

Geoff:
I hate to be pedantic but I have pointed out before that the Latin 
word for a wolf is "lupus" from which we get the adjective "lupine" 
(With an 'e').

Lupin, spelt thus, is a flower from the Latin "lupinus". I  
(seriously) find it difficult to imagine friend Remus as a werewolf 
when a blue flower comes into mind whenever I read his name......