Email from my sister, Kristin.  Thought I'd share this with the rest of you HG nerds today.  How many of these facts did you know, and pick up on as you were reading through? 

"As I went to my favorite website ever (dictionary.com) I was interested by this. They gave us this sweet little nugget of wisdom on our reaping day. :)"



Katniss

related to the Latin word sagittate, meaning shaped like an arrowhead.

Primrose

a type of flower named after the Latin number one.

Gale

a very strong wind.

Madge

a female given name, from a Greek word meaning pearl.

Cinna

an advisor to Caesar who conspired to kill him in Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar.

Seneca

Roman philosopher and writer of tragedies who advised Emperor Nero and was forced to commit suicide.

Plutarch

Greek biographer, who valued morality and character in leaders.

Flavius

a Roman male name, probably originally meaning "yellow-haired."

Coriolanus

legendary Roman military hero and tragic Shakespearean general who defected from the army.

Claudius

former Roman emperor; also Hamlet's deceitful uncle.

Rue

a strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy.