Identity of Half-Blood Prince

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 121936


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Fiona" <fionap19 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I recently bought myself a Latin-English dictionary to help me with 
> my writing and I came across an entry for PRINCE.
> 
> prince - noun  -  regulus, regis, filius
> 
> The entry got me to thinking back over the role of the diminutive 
> charms professor and to wondering if JKR is trying to wrong-foot us 
> into thinking the prince has to be a major character.  Perhaps 
> Flitwick is half-human half-goblin?  It opens some interesting 
> possibilities.

Geoff:
I think your dictionary entry needs to be defined a little. I suspect 
part of your entry should not be "regis, filius" but "regis filius" 
(without the comma) which is the Latin for "son of a king". 

filius=son, regis=of a king (genitive case) from rex=king.

regulus=petty king - whatever that means(!)and there is also the 
Latin noun princeps=prince.

Sorry for the rush of pedantry to the head.....

Geoff
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