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| Complete list of Meanings..... If you have any to add to this already large list, please email me with them. For this list I'd like to thank everyone at the board who contributed. The inscription below the school crest in the beginning of the book is latin for "Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon" "Erised" (as in, The Mirror of...) is "Desire" backwards. The inscription below it reads "I Show not your face but your heart's desire" Names and Spells in Alphabetical Order "Albus" *Albus Dumbledore* Latin for "White" "Argus *Argus Filch* Argus was a character in Greek mythology who had 1000 eyes. "Avada Kedavra" "Avada" Means "Greedy" or "Desire" and "Kedavra" means to "fall" or "die" "Bagman" *Ludo Bagman* a bagman is someone who makes money through illegal activities "Cho" *Cho Chang* Japanese meaning "Butterfly" "Crookshanks" an old fashioned way of saying "bent legs" "Dobby" a very old English name for an elf who would do anonymous household tasks "Draco" *Draco Malfoy* Latin for "Dragon" and is also a constellation, "Draco the Dragon" near the North Star (thanks Jess) "Dumbledore" *Albus Dumbledore* means Bumblebee "Expecto Patronem" Latin for "Release Protector" "Fleur Delacour" translates to Flower of the Court in French "Kappa" a Chinese water demon "Lumos" Latin for "Light" "Lupin" *Remus Lupin* Means "Wolflike" "Minerva" *Minerva McGonagall* the Goddess of Academics in Roman mythology "Narcissa" *Narcissa Malfoy* a character in Greek mythology who loved himself "Nox" Latin for "Light" "Peeves" related to the word "peeved" which means "irritated" "Penseive" means "deep thought" "Remus" *Remus Lupin* Remus was one of the founders of Rome, they were raised by wolves, and his twin brother Romulus stabbed Remus in the back "Rubeus" *Rubeus Hagrid* Means "Red" in Latin "Sirius" *Sirius Black* Part of the constellation "Canis Major" also known as the "Dog Star" "Sybil" *Sybil Trelawney* a Sybil was a prophetess who foretold the future at the Oracle at Delphi "Beuxbatons" French for "Handsome Wands" "Expelliarmus" "Expell" means "Get rid of" and "Armus" means "Weapons" 10 housepoints will be awarded to anyone who can tell me the meaning of "Durmstrang" |
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