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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: draconian #52270 01/10/2002 2:27 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Harry Potter fans may recall that "draco" is not only a character in the series, but also part of the Hogwarts' school motto. Having looked it up when I read the books, I can report that draco is Latin for dragon. In this sense it is also the name for the dragon constellation. The Hogwarts motto translates to "don't tickle a sleeping dragon". It seems to me therefore that "tough" punishments could be referred to as "dragon-like"???? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted draconian wwh 01/09/2002 4:01 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/2002 4:17 PM Re: draconian tsuwm 01/09/2002 4:21 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/2002 4:52 PM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/09/2002 9:59 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/2002 10:26 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/09/2002 10:36 PM Re: draconian stales 01/10/2002 2:03 AM Re: draconian Wordwind 01/10/2002 12:42 AM Re: draconian stales 01/10/2002 2:20 AM Re: draconian hat tricks Faldage 01/10/2002 11:07 AM Special to Anu (and tsuwm) Jackie 01/10/2002 6:20 PM Re: Special to Anu (and tsuwm) wwh 01/10/2002 7:33 PM Re: Special to Anu (and tsuwm) Wordwind 01/10/2002 8:11 PM Re: draconian WhitmanO'Neill 01/10/2002 3:31 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/10/2002 4:54 PM Re: draconian tsuwm 01/10/2002 5:46 PM Re: draconian wwh 01/10/2002 6:09 PM . Max Quordlepleen 01/10/2002 9:17 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/10/2002 9:22 PM Re: draconian Akatsukami 01/10/2002 8:25 PM Re: draconian stales 01/10/2002 2:27 AM Re: draconian Bingley 01/12/2002 9:15 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/12/2002 4:05 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/12/2002 9:51 PM Re: draconian Jazzoctopus 01/13/2002 2:19 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/13/2002 2:30 AM . Max Quordlepleen 01/13/2002 2:54 AM Re: draconian Keiva 01/13/2002 4:35 AM Re: draconian Capital Kiwi 01/13/2002 10:08 PM Re: draconian Keiva 01/13/2002 10:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,273 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 7 handymanhome 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 John Fox 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,131 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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