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Shaw 
Most of the class were progressing steadily, so Shaw proceeded. "Last class we touched on the topic of Fera Verto. If you remember, that was Latin, them words. What were they Latin for?"
"Rest of you restrain your cats. Catch up now."
Meanwhile, Shaw slid his cat out of its cage, cast, and turned his cat into a large, stylish cowboy hat. He put it straight on his bald head with a toothy grin to his class.
Selina had to restrain herself from clapping when Shaw asked another question about Latin. If Selina had it her way there would be Latin involved in every part of her education, alas people believed that Latin was a dead language (a myth) so it was not involved in the curriculum. The only reason Selina knew the language fluently was because her mother had made a point to teach her Latin growing up. That and Hebrew, so three languages were already under her belt.
Her hand shot up into the air so fast, "It literally means to "turn to an animal" but we use it at as a spell to transfigure an animal into a cup. So the meaning is slightly mixed up from the original interpretation. See if it was going by the original Latin the cases would mean that it would be an object turning into an animal, but it is the other way around..."
Selina was nerdy... little known fact.