Ciceron Harkiss was a wizard, who gave Ambrosius Flume[1] and his wife[2] their first jobs after an introduction by Horace Slughorn.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)
Etymology[]
- "a local guide in Italy," 1726, from Italian cicerone, from Latin Ciceronem, from the name of the great Roman orator.[3]
- "eloquent," a reference to Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.); also often known as Tully in early Modern English writers; Cicero being a cognomen of the genus Tullia.[4]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4 (Horace Slughorn)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Where's Wolf (see this image)
- ↑ Cicerone at etymonline.com
- ↑ Ciceronian at etymonline.com