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To: Oztrich Boy
Romulus was the founder of Rome, not a werewolf. Lupus is a skin disease.

Neither of them appears in amy Harry Potter book (so far)

The character was Remus Lupus. Rowling is quite a wordsmith actually and draws heavily from latin when she coins a term. Remus and Romulus the founders of Rome if you recall, were suckled by a she-wolf. The word lupus is latin for wolf, lupine meaning wolflike. The character of Remus was a werewolf.

124 posted on 01/15/2006 1:49:07 PM PST by TradicalRC (No longer to the right of the Pope...)
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To: TradicalRC
The character was Remus Lupus.

Sorry. Remus Lupin.

125 posted on 01/15/2006 1:50:40 PM PST by TradicalRC (No longer to the right of the Pope...)
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