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A Question about Latin

To: alt.fan.harry-potter
From: Bojan Bugarin 
Subject: Re: A Question about Latin
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:13:46 +0200

'Hem, hem,' said gjw, in such a good imitation of Professor Umbridge that 
several people in alt.fan.harry-potter looked around in alarm, and then 
continued:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:32:43 -0600, "Brent Braten"
>  wrote:
> 
>>Doues anyone know what the Lating phrase would be for Accelerated Growth?
> 
> I don't know Latin well, but I do have access to an online
> Latin-English dictionary. 
> 
> I don't know how the words would have to be changed to fit your usage,
> but something like "accelero auctus" seems to be close...


My dictionary gives me:

- auctus acceleratus   or

- incrementum acceleratum

I don't know what the difference between those two is (or if there is any), 
but #2 (IMO) implies the growth of plants. 

Also in Latin adjectives are put after the nouns (basically).  

I guess the OP (Brent) needs this for a fanfic (possibly for a spell), so 
if he wants a more Potter-esque combination, maybe he should go for 
"Accelero auctum" [1] (I accelerate growth). This is exactly what Rowling 
did with "Expecto patronum" [2] (I expect/await/hope for a 
patron/guardian/protector.)  

[1] OK, it's actually "Auctum accelero",
[2] and "Patronum ex(s)pecto", but who's to argue with JKR. ;-)

-- 
Bojan Bugarin

" And here's something rich: thirteen bathrooms in this place... I threw up 
in the coat closet"
             -- Phoebe, "TOW Ross's Inappropriate Song"

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