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HP Latin Project
Harry Potter spells for the Latin Project
Term | Definition |
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Accio | I summon |
Aguamenti | derived from the Latin aqua meaning "water" and mens meaning "mind" |
Anapneo | "I breathe, I breathe again, I catch my breath" (Greek) |
Avis | bird |
Cantis | from canto, cantare meaning "to sing" |
Cave inimicum | "beware of the enemy" |
Confringo | "I ruin" |
Confundo | "I jumble/confuse" |
Crucio | "I torture" |
Defodio | "I dig, bury" |
Deprimo | "I press down" |
Descendo | "I descend/climb down |
Diminuendo | "to dimminish" |
Diffindo | "I split/break down" |
Duro | "I harden" |
Erecto | from classical Latin erigo "I raise" |
Evanesco | "I disappear/pass away" |
Expecto Patronum | "I await a guardian" |
Ferula | "a staff, stick" |
Fidelius | "very faithful, more faithful" |
Finite Incantatem | "end the spell" |
Flagrate | "burn, ignite" |
Geminio | "I double/reinforce" |
Immobilus | from the Latin immobilis meaning "immobile" |
Impedimenta | "burden, luggage" |
Imperio | "I command" |
Impervius | "impassable" |
Incendio | from the Latin incendo, "I set fire to" |
Levicorpus | from levo, "I lift" and corpus, "body" |
Lumos | from the Latin lumen, "light, lamp" |
Mobilicorpus | from mobilis, "movement" and corpus, "body" |
Morsmordre | from mors, mortis meaning death" |
Nox | "night" |
Obliviate | from obliviscimini meaning "forget" |
Obscuro | "I darken, hide, conceal" |
Oppugno | "I fight, attack" |
Portus | from porta meaning "gate, doorway" |
Protego | "I cover, protect" |
Protego Totalum | roughly "I protect the whole thing" |
Quietus | "calm, peaceful" |
Reducto | from reduco, meaning "brought back, restore" |
Reparo | "I restore, renew" |
Sectumsempra | pseudo-Latin from seco meaning "cut up, make an incision" and simper meaning "always" |
Serpensortia | from serpens meaning "serpent" and ortus meaning "to be created" |
Silenco | in classical Latin, silentium meaning "silence" |
Sonorus | "noisy, thunderous" |
Stupefy | comes from stupeo meaning "tp be stunned, numbed" |
Tergeo | "clean, wipe" |
Ventus | comes from the Latin word meaning "wind" |
Vermiculus | comes from the Latin word meaning "little worm" |