Latin in Harry Potter

The Harry Potter series of books is one I have read through once or twice, and only recently have I discovered the Latin hidden throughout the book. The Latin can best by looking to the many spells in the book, most influenced by Latin. A good example would be the spell Crucio, a spell used to torture an opponent. The word comes from Latin, meaning literally, "I torture." Crucio isn't the only spell though, as a more complex example would be priori incantatem, a spell used to reverse the effects of other spells. The words come from Latin a priori, from the earlier, and incatare, sing or recite in reference to a spell. For someone fluent in Latin, Harry Potter becomes a much more interesting book.

The roman empire but with light sabers

Alec Rusten
10/28/18

In the extremely popular sci-fi series, star wars, the entire timelines  of all six movies follow and are inspired by the events that occurred in ancient Rome. I'm going to focus on the senate in starwars seen in the sixth movie released, Starwars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. In the first hour of this movie there is a scene where there are multiple different senators, all from different planets or races that are debating who the next chancellor should be, all the senators were at a power struggle and wanted to be the next chancellor, and the current chancellor had corrupt plans for the future. In Ancient Rome there weren't exactly representatives from different races or planets, but there was a power struggle and the republic was slowly falling apart at the seams. This is when Augustus Caesar deemed himself emperor and turned Rome into an empire, thus fixing many problems that a republic couldn't handle. In starwars the Chancellor did the same thing, being a little more sinister and corrupt while executing this order, but swiftly turned the Republic trade federation into a galactic empire.

Coins in Rome and America

Roman culture is still prevalent in today's society, as can be seen in American coins. In Roman culture, they portrayed people of political importance on their coins. People such as Marcus Aurelius, an emperor of Rome, were portrayed on Roman currency. Having people of political importance on the Roman currency was a reminder to the Roman people of who was in control and those who made their society what it is. In modern society, people such as Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson are shown on American Currency. As much of the economic and political American system is based on the Romans, it is no surprise that our currency is based on the same as the Romans. Considering the greatness of the Roman Empire, it is not surprising that America takes aspects of Roman government, like the coin, and applies them to current society.     

Sophie Kate Guillory

Malum malus

In the chilling adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, they bring up a spell called malum malus, which in English translates to evil apple. I couldn't find anything about this phrase in ancient Rome, but it does relate back to the biblical story of Adam and Eve. In the show, the also mention the apple being the fruit of knowledge which is also a part of the story in the Adam and Eve story. This is latin that pops up in pop culture.
Sydney Holland

Pouring one out

Keller Welton
The Romans had many traditions that influenced our culture today, concrete, republics, how be the greatest that ever was, and the list goes on. When people died in Rome, less of their traditions still stand, however, in Ancient Culture, when a friend/important associate of yours died, along with many other traditions, Romans would tend to pour an alcoholic beverage out on the ground to remember their dead. They would pour a large quantity(about 40 oz) of wine, and in some cases this would be represented on the deceased's tomb in some way. In Modern Culture, Rome lives on by pouring one out for your home slice. We, however, generally pour a small can of some alcohol related beverage to remember our dead in a similar manor. All in all, the tradition hasn't changed much since the Romans adapted it from the Greeks, and Rome's influence still carries over to this day.
 Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libation

Roman Concrete

During the late empire, the Romans developed a concrete like material, and they used it to build things. For example, the roof of the Pantheon is made of Roman concrete. It was usually used to make bricks. The concrete we use today is a further developed version of that original Roman concrete. Concrete is everywhere in modern society. It is the foundations of our buildings, our sidewalks, and even the exterior walls of Parish are made of concrete. We use a similar substance, asphalt, to pave our roads. We still use concrete to make bricks like the Romans did. The Romans just used gravel. A way that modern society has improved on Roman concrete is with reinforced concrete. This is concrete with metal bars inside. The metal bars act as a sort of skeleton to make the concrete strong under tension as well as compression. Most concrete structures are made of reinforced concrete.

October: Roman Culture Being Found In Modern Culture

I often drive by a road called "Quorum Drive". It is right off of Belt Line, so it is very close to the school and my house. Quorum is a Latin word and its direct translation is "of which". I see this as a strange street name because when one says they are moving on or near Quorum Drive, in English, they are saying that they are moving on or near "of which drive". This part of Roman Culture in the greater Dallas area caught my eye because of its proximity to me and its rather odd meaning.

- Will Schnepf

Blog post October

Latin is all over Harry Potter with spells. But Latin is also found in the names of the characters. One example of this is Albus Dumbledore. in Latin his name means white beard.

Gladiator

One example of Roman culture in modern times is the movie Gladiator. In the movie, different aspects of Roman life and politics were combined into a dramatic story about Maximus, a general turned gladiator. Similar to Roman times, Maximus gained fame as a gladiator, and went up in ranks. This was very common for popular and winning gladiators to do well in society overall. The dramatic story of the murder of his family, while not entirely accurate to Roman times, is a story that is spread among many modern movies and stories set in Roman times. Despite the overall inaccuracy, the idea of gladiator popularity reigns true. IMDb also gave it an 8.5 out of 10, and I think it's entertaining as well.



http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22vodart/24674/p24674_v_v8_ag.jpg


Rachel Neil

Roman Culture in Harry Potter

Roman Culture in Harry Potter

When reading the Harry Potter books, I found lots of words that I knew were derived from or were Latin. The motto of their school, Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, is translated into English as "Never tickle a sleeping dragon." Latin was just adopted into the wizard culture altogether in Harry Potter because even though people didn't speak it, that is what almost all of their spells were in, and in the movies sometimes their surroundings had words in Latin. In the context of this motto, the headmaster Albus Dumbledore would say something exactly like that. He is a person who says random things, but it also acknowledges the fact that in the world of Harry Potter, they live with dragons. It is funny to me because lots of people that read harry potter don't know Latin, and they never translate the motto for you in the book, so you have to either know Latin or look it up. You would usually expect a school's motto to be educational, so it was funny that the writer disguised it with Latin. 

Abby Jackson

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October Blog Post

Latin has often been used in popular culture in conjunction with the occult. Many movies and TV shows use Latin when showing the summoning of a demon, possession, or some other dark act. Many times cults are shown chanting in Latin. One article by The Onion jokes about Latin students being able to summon demons easier. Latin might be used in this way because it is a dead language. Since most don't speak it, it adds to the mystery when it is used.

Luke Hanft

October

Latin and Roman culture can be found throughout the modern world. Its influence is so pervasive at times it can be difficult to distinguish which practices we developed and which we took from the Romans. An example of this is the prevalence of Latin in our modern legal system. The phrases are used so often without thought that some people don't realize they are Latin words. This adopted Latin terms include: ad hoc (for this), alter ego (other I),  caveat (may he beware), de facto (in fact), and mala fide (bad faith). All of these short phrase are commonly used in modern American courtrooms and all originated from Rome. This is not very surprising especially when considering how much of modern Western culture is owed to the Romans. The Roman laws were a base that much of the Western world jumped off from when beginning to create their own systems.

Joey

http://latin.topword.net/?Legal

October- Charlotte's Coffee Maker

Charlotte's coffee machine is made by a brand called Flavia. The background behind this is that one of the characters from Ecce Romani is named Flavia. As far as I can tell there is no meaning behind the name that has to do with Flavia from Ecce Romani. I could be wrong though. It's pretty funny though because I noticed it before her, even though it's her coffee maker.
Alyssa Norman

Latin in the Modern World

Jefferson Ratliff

Mythology has lasted through our current society in both our culture science and media.  Books and movies depict “ancient mediterranean Religions” as the core theme of their franchise.. Planets like Neptune and Jupiter were named after Roman Gods. Titans are used as sport mascots, book and tv titles and much more.     

Everyday Latin October - Modern Culture

One of the games I played when I was younger was called Kid Icarus for the 3ds. This game had a goddess named Paulutena who is loosely based off of Athena. She wears ancient roman armor and is referred to as "The Goddess of Light" in the game. The game isn't based off a myth, and is an original story based off of certain aspects of greek and roman mythology. The inclusion of Roman culture makes perfect sense in a game that's goal is to sound like a myth when described to someone else. In a game that's mostly about your character defeating evil gods from greek and roman culture, it's cool to see someone on your side that's based off of a goddess from mythology.

-Cole Hudson

October

When I was watching the tv show lost there was a scene where the main characters are captured and one says to the other, "Quare non sunt vestitus eir" and the other says back "tace!" The translation to this is "why are they not, clothes them" "silent!" This just shows that even though Latin is a dead language and it is not spoken anymore that it is still incorporated into shows and modern life. It was also different to see this form since it is the spoken form instead of it just being the written form that we see most of the time. This all shows that Latin had an effect on the modern era and the shows and movies that were produced.

Natasha Silverlieb

Latin in Harry Potter

One Example of Latin in modern culture is in the Harry Potter novels by J.K Rowling. Latin is a fundamental part of the Harry Potter series due to the mythological creatures that come from it. For instance, centaurs are characters in the Harry Potter world. One example of a spell in the Harry Potter books is the spell, "accio" which in Latin means I summon. Harry uses this spell in the Triwizard tournament to summon a charm. I believe it is more meaningful to for authors such as J.K Rowling to use Latin to form new words and spells because it adds more depth to what they write. It also shows the intelligence and or level of education of the author writing. I think latin in modern culture provides an important connection to an ancient world that we would otherwise not have.

- Flaccus

Hercules Blog Post October

Disney's rendition of Hercules in the animated movie, while not historically accurate, was sacrificed for the purpose of maintaining a kid-friendly approach to their content. In history, Hercules was a man who killed his family and in order to atone for his sin, he completed 12 labors that were mostly compromised of conquering different types of animals such as Nemean Lion and the Cretan bull. The Disney version of this story retained a very basic level of the story without much of the sadness, melancholy fate, and more and by excising unfriendly content, loses the historical accuracy as a true account of Hercules's story. It is meant to be a humorous, inspirational story for all, different types of humor of course but completely unlike the actual story.

Arjun Kantamsetty

Roman/Greek Culture in Mordern Culture

Roman culture has been present in modern culture ever since its fall in the 400's.  Its been in architecture and law but it finally made its way into memes. The first meme is a very popular format where you'd have the guy sitting and then put something on the sign and then under that it says to change my mind.  The latin on the sign translates to Romulus did nothing wrong, and then under that, it says to change my mind.  When it says Romulus did nothing wrong, it's referring to when Romulus killed Remus and named Rome after himself.  In the second one, we have a reference to Greek mythology.  In this format, people will change the name and occupation of the beetle to whatever they want.  In this one, they change it to ask if Achilles was the best fighter in literature.  John replies with he isn't even the best fighter in the Illiad.  This is referring to the book Illiad about the Trojan War and how Achilles wasn't the best warrior in that book which he was predominantly featured in.

Connor Baldwin
 

Roman Numerals Jackson Harris

Jackson Harris 

Latin is has left an important imprint on everyday life even many years after the fall of the Roman Empire. One example is Roman Numerals. Roman Numerals can be seen on clocks and other everyday object us modern day people use. Another place you see Roman Numerals is in maybe the biggest sporting events of each year, the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is probably one of the most viewed TV programs not just in the US but around the world. Roman Numerals are used to keep track of what Super Bowl. It is cool that they do this it add some old school and make you think to figure out what super bowl it is. This year it is Super Bowl is 53 which is LIII. My Prediction for this year is the Houston Texans vs. LA  Rams. With the Rams winning XLV to XX!

Jackson Harris 

Remus Lupin-October Post

      In Harry Potter, Professor Remus Lupin's name comes from the Latin word lupus, meaning wolf. In the series, Professor Lupin is a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, who "moonlights" as a werewolf.  Several spells, names, and other aspects of Harry Potter come from an alternated form of Latin. There is a story in Roman mythology about Romulus and Remus. After their mother broke the vow she took when she became a Vestal Virgin, the twins were to be left to the elements to die, but the gods calmed the river and led their basket to a fig tree, where a wolf cared for them until they were found by a shepherd and his wife. The name Remus fits with this Harry Potter character because Professor Lupin was a protector at Hogwarts for Harry, not just a werewolf. 

-Maddy Collins

Newspaper (Modern Culture)

Modern Culture:

The newspaper was actually created by Julius Caesar in 59 BC. It wasn't originally called newspaper it was called Romana Acta Diruna and it shared the news and upcoming events. It was carved in stone and was displayed in the most public places so everyone can see it. An example of a place would be the Forum of Rome. The Romana Acta Dicta changed the world forever. It is very interesting that the newspaper came from the Roman time and we still use it today. Of course, it is not on the stone because that would be hard but it is a good way for us to get information about events that are happening all of the city that we didn't know about.

SOURCE:

https://www.illumine.co.uk/2017/01/what-have-the-romans-ever-done-for-us/

-Aneesa Patel

Latin Blog 2 Modern Culture

I was watching the movie Fantastic beasts and where to find them. One scene in the movie was when the main protagonist Newt was chasing after an animal he lost. When the animal snuck into a shop, he shouted "Finestra" and the shop window shattered into pieces. I looked this word up on Latin Is Simple and it means window. .In the wiki it said it was a combination of fini and finestra, but that is incorrect because finnio means to finish not finni. This literally means in Latin to finish window, withch would make sense because that is exactly what Newt did. In the bottom of this post I have linked the website for the spell finestra, and website fro the Latin word as well.

This is a gif from the wiki page as well

These where the sources I used fro this blog
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Finestra
https://www.latin-is-simple.com/en/vocabulary/search/?q=window&ref=homeform

Caesar Salad

Caesar salad is one of the most popular types of salad in the world. It is made with romaine lettuce and croutons with sauce that is made out of olive oil, Worcestershire, and garlic. This version of the origins of the Caesar salad come from 1924 when the Caesar's Restaurant ran out of supplies for many dishes that they served. The main chef decided that he would combine all of his main ingredients to make a salad that anybody could enjoy. This salad was a huge hit and people started asking for the "Caesar salad". There are many different representations of this story, but this seemed the most likely.

http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/CaesarSalad/#Invent

Roman Culture in Modern Culture

The dollar has many examples of Latin on it. Like the notable use of, "E Pluribus Unum" which means, "One of many" quite obviously this is one the one dollar bill, referring to the economy. One of the lesser known elements is that on the base of the pyramid the Roman numerals say, "MDCLXXVI" this translates to, "1776" the year of America's birth. Finally, surrounding the All Seeing Eye are the words, "Annuit Coeptis" which happens to mean, "Announcing Conception"

Hocus Pocus Latin Focused

It's spooky season time, and whats not spooky but Latin. I don't know why but people seem to think that Latin is the best way to make things look old ancient and scary. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so I enjoy all of the movies and other entertainment around Halloween. For example in a show that I had watched there had been a Roman formation in fighting called the turtle (testudo). And especially with witches, Latin is used. For example, in the new tv series, The chilling adventures of Sabrina, Latin is used to cast spells, and to put protection on people and things. For example, the phrase aperi ianuam is used by Sabrina to open a door, Which is fitting because aperi ianuam means: open the door.

Spooky Time Blog Post

Earlier this month, there was a game that was released called Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. This game takes place in ancient Greece and Rome, as it follows the player joining the ranks of the Roman or Greek armies. Aside from the recreation of several cities, there are numerous myths and historical figures that tie the game to its ancient inspiration. For example, there are side quests in which you could fight Medusa or the Minotaur, and there are random interactions with several poets that will tell your story. It is interesting to see how two completely different ideas, such as video games and ancient history, can pair so well together.

Latin Blog Post - October

The famous singer Frank Sinatra made a song called "Three coins in the fountain" that are set in the setting of Rome. The inspiration for the song is throwing coins into the Trevi Fountain in Rome to make a wish. The song was created in 1955 and was really popular and feature in the movie with the same name. The song is linked with another popular thing in modern culture, films will help it cement itself in modern culture. The theme of throwing coins in the Roman fountain for good luck is a good thing for the movie to go off of because it is a romantic comedy. Rome is thought as a place of love and this made it a good place for the movie take place. These kinds of references make a movie interesting to pay attention to.

Nathan Moon

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Coins_in_the_Fountain_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Coins_in_the_Fountain_%28song%29

Ancient Roman Columns

There are many aspects of Roman life reflected in today's culture, but today I will be focusing on the architecture specifically the Roman columns. There are three types of Roman Columns for the different time periods: Doric Ionic and Corinthian. these Columns are seen all around America but mostly in the capital of our nation Washington D.C. They are mostly seen on the government buildings. here are the examples of each column in the present day.

Finn Collins


Doric



Ionic

Corinthian

The three types

Latin Blog Post- October

An example of roman culture in modern day that I came across was a tee shirt with the saying "Carpe Diem" on it. This was not the first time I have seen a shirt with a latin phrase or a latin culture reference either. The phrase "Carpe Diem" comes from Horace's injunction which appears in the Odes. This phrase can be translated, most commonly, as seize the day. The use of roman culture involved in modern context is very interesting to see because the modern society is actually influenced a lot from the past and roman culture. The modern culture has been evolved from the early roman culture a lot more than I than I expected because of the many roman influenced things I observed while looking for an idea for this blog post. Having background from latin and roman culture I was able to notice when things are influenced by the early roman culture.

Grace

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/1731691-carpe-diem
https://www.britannica.com/topic/carpe-diem

October: Bronchitis

An example of Roman culture shown in the modern context is the word "Bronchitis". Over the past two weeks, I have had Bronchitis and I even had to miss a day of school because of it. When I was sick, I was, of course, bored and searched up the meaning of bronchitis on google to make sure that I wasn't going to die. I found out that the word "Bronchitis" derives from Latin, which isn't much of a shocker because Romans love pain. Bronchitis is combined with two different meanings, Bronch and Itis. Bronchus,-i means the two main branches of the trachea, the tube that connects the lungs, and Itis, the suffix used to mean inflammation in an organ. It is interesting to see how we can combine words from Latin that are totally different words to make a new word that makes sense.






 Lucy Robinson


SITES:
 definition of Bronchitis: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bronchitis
definition of bronchus: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bronchus
definition of itis: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/-itis
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October Blog Post

A specific example of roman culture being used in modern times is the practice of theater. Romans would take time out of their week to go and see a play at the theater similar to the way that we today go to see movies on the weekends. Theater in the roman world was an important place that people went to have fun and watch plays with their friends. This is very similar to our modern version of this today where we go out to see movies with our friends. Our use of this ancient roman culture is an appropriate use of the culture because it gives a modern twist to an ancient tradition.

-Miles Cuban

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Pompeii

One example of Roman culture being referenced in modern day is the song Pompeii by Bastille. The story of Pompeii is that there was a city and a volcano that erupted and wiped out the city. The song is used Pompeii as a metaphor and references the volcano many times. Roman culture is useful in the Modern day because it provides many stories for us to learn from as well as inspiration for modern technology.

Frances

Hercules vs. Herakles

          A good example of Roman culture in modern times is the Disney movie, "Hercules". The movie is based on the Greek/Roman myth. The myth originally comes from Greece, and the hero was Herakles, but it changed to the more well-known name, Hercules when it was translated into Latin.  In the original myth, Herakles, the demigod son of Zeus has to serve Eurystheus. Herakles marries Megaera and has kids, but Hera drives him mad and he subsequently kills his wife and children.  Afterward, Herakles completes the famous 12 Labours for Eurystheus. Herakles ends up falling in love with 2 more women, and after he is murdered,  made into a god.
          In the Disney version, Hercules is the son of Zeus and Hera and has to complete the trials in order to become a god and join his family in Olympus. While training, he meets Megara and falls in love with her. After he completes the trials, Hercules chooses not to become a god, but instead to stay mortal so that he can be with Megara.
          Even though the movie takes place in Greece, the main characters name is Hercules. The original myth is very long, and I can see why Disney shortened it. The Disney version, of course, is a lot more family-friendly and doesn't involve murdering people and affairs. The movie was so successful, that it was made into a T.V. show too.  "Hercules" contains upbeat music and humorous dialogue. While I can't talk to Herakles himself, I'm pretty sure that his life was not narrated by songs and witty jokes. The movie is still enjoyable even without the gory and romantic details, but the stark difference between the myth and the movie would be a surprise to anyone who knew the real myth.

V.S.

Sophie Pong

A.N: I chose to spell the names differently, so that it is easier to differentiate the real myth from the movie.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heracles
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October Blog Post: Roman Culture in modern Culture

I am not the biggest football fan, but when I do watch it I have a great time. This weekend I am going to a Baylor football game. As I was thinking about the game I remembered how cool Baylors stadium was. I was looking at a pictures when I realized that I looks a lot like the Colosseum. The Colosseum was a stadium where people in Rome could come and watch the games, such as fighting. Now we don't have roman gladiator games now, but we do use stadiums where games and sports take place. Modern people, obviously, took the idea of the Colosseum to create stadiums. The Colosseum has a circular/oval shape that has a large flat platform in the middle and a bunch of seats and stands above the flat stadium at the bottom. Stadiums now have this same look, a flat platform at the bottom, and stands and seats above it. The Roman Culture was a very big influence on the Modern culture and the Colosseum and Football stadiums are a perfect example.
-Maggie