Thursday, July 19, 2007
Potty Potter
Did you know?
'Dolor' --- 'pain; suffering'. (Latin)
'Umbrage' --- 'offence'.
'Vole' --- 'strength; power; violence' (Latin).
'Mortuus' --- 'dead; perish; corpse' (Latin).
'Albus' --- 'white; fair; bright; clear; favourable; auspicious; fortunate'. (Latin)
'Lupus' --- 'wolf'. (Latin)
'Severus' --- 'strict; stern; severe (duh); grave; unadorned; plain'. (Latin)
'Sirius' is the Dog-Star.
'Bellatrix' --- 'war-like, martial, skilled/useful in war; of animals/things used in war'. (Latin)
'Malus' --- 'evil; bad', and 'Foi' means 'to exist; to be.' (Latin)
'Draco' is similar to 'draconis', meaning 'dragon' or 'snake'. (Latin)
'Lucius' --- 'luscious' (Middle English)
'Narcissa' is from 'Narcissus', the name of a very pale flower. This flower was in turn said (according to greek mythology) to be named after a very fair, handsome young man (who fell in love with his reflection in the pond and stood gazing at it till he died and a flower grew in his place. -http://www.online-mythology.com/echo_narcissus/)
... I'm sure there's plenty more but that's all the time I have!
des
7/19/2007 07:27:00 PM
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