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HP Latin Project
Harry Potter spells for the Latin Project
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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" |