Latin in Harry Potter

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Latin in Harry Potter

• draco dormiens numquam titillandus

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• "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick.
  And saying the magic words properly is very
  important too -" ? Professor Flitwick

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Casting Spells

• In the Harry Potter books most spells are cast
  using Latin words
• The Latin words tell us what the spell does
• English spells riddikulus, bombarda
• What do these spells mean?

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Accio

• Causes an object to fly to the caster, even over
  quite some distance
• It comes from the Latin word accio, accire, which
  means to send for or to fetch
• How would you translate it?

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Sectumsempra

• Cuts the person your are aiming at
• From seco, secare, secavi, secatus to cut and
  the Latin word semper
• What does semper mean?

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Confundus

• Causes confusion
• Comes from the verb confundo, confundere,
  confudi to throw into disorder

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Lumos

• Causes a small beam of light to shiner from the
  castors wand
• Comes from the Latin noun lumen, luminis light

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Incendio

• Starts a fire
• Comes from the Latin verb incendo, incendere to
  set fire to

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Nox

• Extinguishes the light from the lumos spell
• It is from the Latin noun nox, noctis night

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Finite Incantatem

• Finite is a imperative (command) from the verb
  finio, finire, finivi to end
• Incantatem from the noun incantatio,
  incantationis is the accusative form of charm
• It stops whatever spell is being cast

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Avada Kevadra

• The killing curse
• This phrase is not Latin but Aramaic "adhadda
  kedhabhra" ?
• Aramaic avada kedavra
• The Phoenician alphabet (a-bra-ca-dabra)

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Apparation

• A nonverbal spell from appareo, apparere,
  apparui to appear
• It is used to disappear from once place to
  someplace else almost instantly

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Cave Inimicum

• Defensive spell to keep enemies away
• Cave comes from caveo, cavere, cavi
• to beware of
• Inimicum comes from the noun inimicus, inimici
  enemy
• Cave canem?

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Mobilicorpus

• From mobilis which is an adjective meaning
  movable and corpus, corpi
• It is a spell that moves an unconscious person

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Crucio

• A unforgivable, illegal curse that causes the
  victim to experience horrible pain
• It is from the Latin word crucio, cruciare,
  cruciavi- to torment or cause anguish

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Expecto Patronum

• From expecto, expectare, expextavi- to expect or
  look for patronus, patroni patron/protector
• This spell conjures a Patronus

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Imperio

• One of the unforgivable curses that causes the
  victim to be under the complete control of the
  castor
• It is from the Latin verb impero, imperare,
  imperavi which means to order or command

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Expelliarmus

• From the Latin verb expello, expellere, expuli
  to drive out arma the Latin noun that means
  weapon
• Causes the opponents weapon to fly out of his or
  her hand

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Obliviate

• Erases a persons memory
• Comes from the verb obliviscor, oblivisci to
  forget

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Morsmordre

• This spell causes the dark mark to be cast in
  the sky
• It is from the Latin nouns mors which means death
  mordeo, mordere, momordi to bite

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Wingardium Leviosa

• This spell causes an object to levitate
• It comes from the English noun for wing arduus
  the Latin adjective for high/steep levo,
  levare, levavi to lift/hold up

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Reparo

• This spell causes an object to be repaired
• It comes from reparo, reparare, reparavi to
  prepare again, renew, revive
• oculus reparo is the spell in the picture
• occulus is from occulus, occuli eye

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Lets test your knowledge

• Work with a partner to complete the Incantiones
  Worksheet
• The group with the most amount correct will win
  candy
• This will count as a class work grade!

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Incantiones Answers

• 9 Petrificius Totalus H N K
• 12 Densaugeo B G
• 1 Expecto Patronum QI
• 2 Nox J
• 11 Confundus R
• 7 Deletrius C
• 5 Wingardium Levisoa F

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Incantiones Answers Cont

• 6 Locomotor Mortis OL
• 3 Expelliarmus P
• 4 Finitie incantantem AM
• 10 Finitie incantantem DM
• 8 Lumos E

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Plus Incantiones Answers

• 4 Reparo J
• 5 Mobilicorpus GI
• 8 Accio F
• 9 Rictussempra EN
• 10 Incendio M
• 3 Obliviate K
• 1 Diffindo L

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Plus Incantiones Answers Cont

• 7 Impendiment Curse B
• 11 Imperius Curse H
• 6 Aparercium A
• 2 Fidelius Charm C
• 12 Cruciatus Curse D