Harry Potter Latin

In my article, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Latin Spells and Charms, I looked at spells and charms in the 6th Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) that were based on Latin. I have finished reading the 7th book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) -- didn't stay up all night, but didn't do much else on Saturday -- and have written my list of the spells in it that at first glance appear to be Latin or Latinate:

• Accio Cloak p. 555, Cup p. 538; Diadem p. 627; Dittany p. 269; Hagrid p. 61; Sword p. 368 (in Book 6)
• Aguamenti p. 222, 631 (in Book 6)
• Avada Kedavra p. 12, 70, 344, 345, 630, 631, 743 (in Book 6 and probably not Latin)
• Cave Inimicum p. 273, 424

  cave: beware; inimicum: enemy

• Confringo p. 59, 342

  break, destroy > con + frango

• Confundo p. 429

  pour > con + fundo

• Crucio p. 466, 593, 630, 726 (in Book 6)
• Defodio p. 542

  bury > de + fodio

• Deluminator p. 125 (not a spell) Latinate - based on the Latin for light and de- suggesting taking away the light
• Deprimo p. 422

  press down > de + premo

• Descendo p. 629 get

  down > de + scando

• Diffindo p. 166 (in Book 6)
• Engorgio p. 392 Latinate - engorge
• Expecto Patronum p. 262, 263, 557, 687

  wait for patron > ex + specto & patronus

• Expelliarmus p. 59, 219, 349, 472, 631,743

  ~ expello: drive out > ex + pello

• Expulso p. 163

  ibid.

• Finite p. 629

  to a certain extent adv. > finitus + e

• Gernumbli gardensi p. 140 (not a spell)
• Glisseo p. 643 Latinate suggesting gliding
• Homenum revelio p. 171, 421

  ~ revelo: unmask/reveal > re- + velo

• Impedimenta p. 58 (in Book 6)
• Imperio p. 531, 533, 535 (in Book 6)
• Impervius p. 539

  impassable > in- + pervius

• Levicorpus p. 539 (in Book 6)
• Liberacorpus p. 540 (in Book 6)
• Lumos- 177, 339, 349, 537 (in Book 6)
• Meteolojinx Recanto p.254

  Meteolojinx? recanto: sing in answer/echo > re- + canto

• Muffliato p. 132, 272 (in Book 6)
• Nox p. 652

  night

• Obliviate p. 422 Based on the Latin for forget
• Obscuro p. 301

  darken

• Petrificus Totalus p. 166 (in Book 6)
• Piertotum Locomotor p. 602 - I don't know what Piertotum means. Locomotor has to do with movement
• Priori Incantatem p. 496

  prior enchant; prior + incanto > in + canto

• Protego p. 309, 535, 737; Horribilis p. 601; Totalum p. 424; Totalus p. 272 (in Book 6)
• Reductio p. 392 (in Book 6)
• Relashio p. 263, 541 (in Book 6)
• Reparo p. 58, 348, 748 (in Book 6)
• Repello Muggletum p. 272

  push away Muggletum > re + pello

• Salvio Hexia p. 272, 424 ?
• Sectumsempra p. 73, 688 (in Book 6)
• Tergeo p. 94, 336 (in Book 6)
• Wingardium Leviosa p. 58, 651 - a spell from the first book used for levitation.

If I'm missing any, please let me know. If you have a better analysis, especially of the made up forms, please let me know either here or in the forum thread. Check back for details on the Latin used in these spells or post your own interpretations in the forum thread: Harry Potter Spells.

Also see: Word Derivations From Latin and Greek

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