Possible Horcrux

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 136105

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "njelliot2003" <nelliot at o...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> 
wrote:
> 
>  > B.t.w., am I the only one who founds that *hor*-crux sounds 
> slightly 
> > indecent? 
> 
> Nicholas responds:
> Couldn't agree more - slightly indecent with overtones of blasphemy 
> because of the juxtaposition of "hor"/whore and "crux"/cross (from 
> Latin) which I take to mean crucifix. The word gives me the creeps!

Geoff:
I think it's the way you pronounce it!!

Thinking about it, I've always pronounced it to rhyme with "abhor" - 
which could be a possible etymology of the prefix....

"Crux", in Latin, has the meaning of a common or garden cross. My 
Latin dictionary also gives translations as "torture, trouble, 
misery, destruction" which could all play a part in Voldemort's 
activities creating horcruces [to use the proper Latin plural :-)].