7/4/2023 0 Comments Winnie ille puSo, naturally, the Harry Potter books were begging to be translated into this ancient tongue. Most spells, therefore, are based on Latin terms: Nox, for example, means night, while accio comes from the command “to summon forth.” In Harry’s universe, magic-wielders have been using and updating the Latin language for centuries. “Of all the subjects on this planet,” she once said, “I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.” Rowling studied classics at the University of Exeter-much to her parents’ bewilderment. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE // HARRIUS POTTER ET PHILOSOPHI LAPISĮven in their original English, the Harry Potter novels are loaded with undercover Latin lessons. Thanks to some hard-working scholars, Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh, and Bilbo Baggins are now getting kids hooked on the language of Virgil.
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