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  2. Name Origins

    Severus - Sever means “to cut off.” Snape appears to have “cut off” his ties with the Dark Lord through the first five books, and then with Dumbledore and the Order in Half-Blood Prince. “Severe” means “cruel, strict” - two characteristics that accurately describe the Potions Professor. Sounds very similiar to the Latin word “servus,” meaning “servant.” Is he still a servant of Voldemort’s? In ancient history, Lucius Septimius Severus restored stability to the Roman Empire after the tumultuous reign of Emperor Commodus (See Albus) and the civil wars that erupted in the wake of Commodus’ murder. To read more on this story, go here. The name Severus is also mentioned in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, a favorite book of J.K. Rowling. Additionally, a Saint Severus of Alexandria (Egypt) was martyred along with a Saint Peter and a Saint Leucius for publicly proclaiming the faith around 309 C.E. Severus, Peter, and Lucius - quite a coincidence!

    Snape - A town in England. Also based after a person J.K. Rowling knew.

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    "Another ten points from Gryffindor. I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room."
    Severus Snape, Half-Blood Prince
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    "The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible."
    Severus Snape
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    "Do you know what I think, Potter? I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention with me every Saturday until the end of term. What do you think, Potter?"
    Severus Snape, Half-Blood Prince
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    "Blocked again and again and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!"
    Severus Snape, Half-Blood Prince
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    "Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see that happens. Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly."
    Severus Snape, Prisoner of Azkaban
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    "Harry: Hang on… There’s an empty chair at the staff table…. Where’s Snape?
    Ron: Maybe he’s ill!
    Harry: Maybe he’s left, because he missed out on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!
    Ron: Or he might have been sacked! I mean, everyone hates him —
    Snape: Or maybe, he’s waiting to hear why you two didn’t arrive on the school train."
    Chamber of Secrets
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    "Albus Dumbledore: Severus, please…
    Severus Snape: Avada Kedavra!"
    Half-Blood Prince (2009)
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