Felix Felicis, Geoff and Latin grammar - Minor Point

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 129064

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

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> > given and family names which are derived from something like that 
> > are sometimes strange if viewed from a grammatical standpoint.
 
Deborah:
> > So they do an' all, but I've always justified this by assuming 
that
> > since languages change over time when they are used creatively, 
some
> > words (like 'Expelliarmus', which would have driven Cicero into a
> > frothy frenzy) have become modified simply because they are used 
in
> > the WW in a way they could never be used in the classroom, or
> > presumably the Vatican. 
> > 
> > That still leaves me convinced that Felix Felicis cannot be human.
> > Cannot be a name. Not in the Latin system. ...edited...
> > 
> > Deborah, infelix atque impatiens

bboyminn: 

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> I think the correct perspective is to view 'Felicis' as a very old
> family name, and the addition of 'Felix' as a relatively new 
occurance.

Geoff:
An idea which Deborah echoed was one I put forward in post 127941 
that one might translate it as Felix Felixson - along the lines of 
the Scandinavian tradition perhaps.