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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 If "quid" means "what" in Latin #180007 10/31/08 03:35 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 M missdannimac OP stranger OP missdannimac stranger M Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 Then what does "quiddich" mean? (as in Harry Potter's sport) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin missdannimac #180008 10/31/08 03:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass what, me worry? -joe (potrzebie) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin missdannimac #180009 10/31/08 04:08 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I thought quid meant one score bob Anglice. But seriously, it's a made-up word. The etymology offered by the author is "a corruption of Queerditch Marsh". I think that's incorrect. I derive quidditch from Kwisatz Haderach. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin tsuwm #180010 10/31/08 04:14 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX If apples are red, why do horses have four legs? (^_^) Quidditch could also be a combination of the three balls: Quaffle, Bludger, Snitch Some of the "special" words in Harry Potter are so-so Latin (expecto patronum - I await a protector except it should be patronus), some are bad Latin (expelliarmus - expello = I thrust away, arma = weapon - but it's a made-up word and the ending makes no sense - is it a 1st person plural verb "we expelliar" or has the noun arma changed declensions and genders), some are not Latin at all (avada kedevra is sort of Hebrew, alohamora is sort of African). Even in the decent Latin spells, it's an unusual mix of first person (I do something), 2nd person imperatives (You do it! Flagrate = You glow!) and just Noun! (ferula = stick - creates a splint and bandage). But that's probably more than anyone wanted to know... ;-) Last edited by Myridon; 10/31/08 04:16 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quidditas quidditatum Myridon #180012 10/31/08 05:26 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh expecto patronum Well, maybe exspecto patronum. Patronus is in the accusative case because it's the direct object of the verb. British English being non-rhotic, I always assumed Harry and the others were saying expelliamus. But the -r- doesn't make much sense. There's a list of spells on Wikipedia (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quidditas quidditatum zmjezhd #180013 10/31/08 06:37 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I know you are all experts, but that you even all read your Potters so well is_eh, amazing! (Exceptronus tsuwm who makes potszebra out of this.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin zmjezhd #180017 10/31/08 06:50 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Are you a Frank Herbert fan? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin twosleepy #180018 10/31/08 06:52 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: twosleepy Are you a Frank Herbert fan? perhaps we should ask if J.K. Rowling is? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quidditas quidditatum zmjezhd #180019 10/31/08 06:56 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Well, maybe exspecto patronum. Yeah, I expect I didn't notice that because of "expect", but it seems to be expecto in print so it's actually "I comb out a protector." Quote: Patronus is in the accusative case You're right, I jumped the gun on that. Quote: But the -r- doesn't make much sense. The spell is "Disarm" so the r is supposedly from arma. If you ignore the "r from arma" connection, expellere, expuli, expulsus should have no 3rd conjugation verb ending with an -iamus (and why one spell with 1st person plural "we"?). If it's not a verb, the nouns based on that verb should be from the supine expulsus, e.g. expulsio (a driving out, expulsion), expulsor/expultrix (one who drives out), etc. Most of the spells are "I do whatever" but the spell that stops another spell is "(imperative you plural) end the spell!" (finite encantatem). If I can do most things myself, why do I need this mysterious other "y'all" sometimes (or even "we")? Don't get me started on the school-year-long quidditch season that consists of only three evenly spaced games. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: livin' la vida santarogana twosleepy #180020 10/31/08 07:02 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Are you a Frank Herbert fan? I was. I especially liked The Santaroga Barrier, Hellstrom's Hive, and Dune. Ceci n'est pas un seing. 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