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[Krista7]

No: HPFGUIDX 116902







> 3) Given how lion-like the previous description was that JKR gave us, 
> and Felix the Cat, FELine, etc., how 'bout Felix Felicis for the new 
> DADA professor?  But chapter 14?  Would it really be FOURTEEN 
> chapters before we even meet the new DADA prof?  Jeepers, I hope not, 
> as we'd probably be looking at a 50-chapter book, and then we'll 
> NEVER get it!
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Felix Felicis in Latin is something like "Luck of the Lucky." If I remember 
correctly, "felix" is both the masculine and neuter singular of this adjective, so 
it could be either "the lucky (man)" or  just "luck." In addition, given JKR's love 
of word play, I'm inclined to believe it's both "luck of the lucky" AND the other 
side of the Latin meaning, which is to be of good omen, to be of good fortune. 
(While "felix" has suggestions of fate/divine fortune, it's almost always meant 
to suggest *good* things, note.) So, on the one hand, it is "luck of the lucky" 
and on the other, "the good fortune of the person who has good prophecies 
about him."

Krista