HBP spoiler(ish): Hor-thingies: etymology

[nrenka]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> 
wrote:

> No, no, this makes immediate sense to me. Horcrux = hors (outside) 
> crux (soul). The outside soul. The part stored out there. As opposed 
> to the inside soul, the part you still have.
> 
> I like that. Good job, guys.

But crux (crux, crucis) is 'cross'.  It's not a word ever used in 
either Greek or Latin (it's Latin) for 'soul'.

Hmmmm.

-Nora is happy to be your resident classicist