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Harry Potter spells for the Latin Project

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