The thing about Conjuritus that drives me bonkers. And it's the ONLY thing I would ever criticize about these books as I absolutely love them every single one. Conjuritus means "Inflammation of the Conjur" because of it's Latin suffix. Ebenezer and most of the White Council speak fluent Latin, they would know that this is a misnomer. "Conjurpox" would be far far more appropriate "Eruption of the Conjur" would make more sense. Sure I can see Harry who is somewhat Latin challenged giving it this nickname if Ebenezer and Laura called it something more appropriate. Only thing that has ever thrown me out of the story… Love everything else about these two books.
I just looked up conjure, and I am sure you know more Latin than I do, this is closer to what I think
Jim was getting at.
verb (tr, adverb) to present to the mind; evoke or imagine he conjured up a picture of his childhood. to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation.
What does a wizard do? He or she can conjure up things..
"itis" is defined in medical terms as
In medical terminology, a suffix usually indi- cates a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech. A commonly used suffix is -itis, which means “inflammation.” When this suffix is paired with the prefix arthro-, meaning joint, the resulting word is arthritis, an inflammation of the joints
In this case I think conjurities refers to the
condition common in young wizards when their talent first shows itself, as an allergy or common head cold, lacking motor control over his conjuring results in the picture in his head materializing when the patient sneezes, also excess snot in the from of ectoplasm..
