Felix Felicis

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No: HPFGUIDX 127936


 
> Carol:
snip My point is that the words "felix, felicis" belong together
> > in somewhat the same way that "good, better, best" belong 
together,except that "felicis" is the genitive rather than the 
comparative and superlative like "better" and "best." Oh. Yeah. That 
cleared *that* up!

> Geoff:
snip 
> So "felix felicis" could be translated as a name as "Lucky of the 
> Lucky" or something similar, remembering that there is no definite or 
indefinite pronoun (ie "a" or "the") in Latin.

Potioncat:
My Latin is even rustier. I thought Felix was cat. Has someone else 
offered that idea up? Turns out cat is Felis. So maybe it's Felix the 
Cat I remember. I wonder if JKR is making a sort of pun/word play on 
Felix and Felis. Which might make the lion-like man Felix Felicis. He's 
a happy, hep cat, man.

I went to the enclycopedia to look up the Latin name for cat. You might 
like to know there is a Felis Geoffroy. With my poor translation 
skills, that becomes, Geoff, King of the Cats. (It's really Geoffrey 
Cat.)

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