forest". The Latin formSilviawas more popular for centuries until recently. Rhea Silvia was an ancient nature goddess, mother to the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. Shakespeare used the name Silvia for the love interest in his play "Two Gentlemen of Verona", probably intending to ...
Sorry, maybe I’m just a simpleton, but how does one square all this high-flying nit-picking jargon-mongering with the fact that millions go to bed hungry every night, millions die of hunger, millions are brain-washed into violent acts for which the justification is either perceived injustice...
Pandora(pan-door-a) – From Greek mythology, the first human woman created by the gods. Quantum(kwan-tom) – From the Latin word quantus, meaning how much. Remus(ree-mus) – From Roman mythology, one of the founding brothers of Rome, along with Romulus. Sparta(spar-ta) ...
Another common Latin expression you might come across issic transit gloria mundi. It means “thus passes the glory of the world.” It’s a thought that might occur as one stands by a crumbling pyramid or where the Twin Towers once stood in New York City. Where I grew up, people who w...
Finally, we also see a shift in geographical sense. The traditional divide between North and South and East and West of the past century is no longer to be taken for granted. The increasing importance of Asia, the developments in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa change also the hi...
as that is one of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration. It is believed that the room is Unplottable, as it does not appear on the Marauder’s Map, nor do its occupants, although this could simply be because James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, ...