Felix Felicis

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 129026

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "deborahhbbrd" <hubbada at u...>
wrote:

Deborah:
> Yes, I know that our author has played games before - but flying in
> the face of Latin grammar? Gad, Madam, this is excessive!

Geoff:
It is grammatical: "Fortunate of fortunate" - but where might you use
it? It could be a Latin expression of congratulations to someone who
has just won the Lottery - "Say, Julius Augustus, are you the felix
felicis today!"
:-)

Seriously, given and family names which are derived from something
like that are sometimes strange if viewed from a grammatical
standpoint.

There again, following your point, JKR has flown in the face of 
accurate and grammatical Latin a number of times. Some of her spells 
leave a little bit to be desired linguistically.