Latin TodayUse the list of Latin vocab to work what each of the following spells from Harry Potter does.

Wingardium leviosa

Spell What it does

1. Expelliarmus

2. Accio

3. Confundus

4. Lumos

5. Nox

6. Crucio

7. Diffindo

8. Evanesco

9. Obliviate

10. Densaugeo

Latin Vocabulary

accio: summonarma: weaponsaugeo: grow largeconfundo: confuse crucio: torture

dens: toothdiffindo: splitevanesco: vanishexpello: drive outlumen: light.

luminosus: brightnox: nightoblivio: forget

Answers

Spell What it does Accio Summoning charm, used to make objects fly straight to the spell

caster.

Confundus Used to confuse an object or person, to make them believe what the spell caster wants them to.

Crucio An Unforgivable Curse. It inflicts excruciating pain on the victim.

Densaugeo Enlarges the teeth of the victim.

Diffindo A spell that rips an object in half.

Evanesco Used to make an object disappear.

Expelliarmus

Disarming spell – makes the victim’s wand fly out of their hand.

Lumos Produces light from the end of the caster’s wand.

Nox Causes the effect of Lumos to stop

Obliviate Erases memories from the victim as chosen by the spell caster.

Latin Today

Each of these characters has a name that comes from Latin. Write down the name for each one and match their name with their picture.

Description Name Picture

i) This teacher’s first name means “white” or “pure” in Latin a)

ii) This teacher’s name means “strict” in Latin b)

iii) This student’s name means “dragon” c)

iv) This student shares a name with the daughter of Helen of Troy, famous for her beauty

d)

v) This teacher shares a first name with the Roman goddess of wisdom

e)

vi) This character’s surname comes from the Latin word for wolf f)

vii)This character is named after the Greek messenger god g)

viii) This character’s first name means “champion” in Latin h)

ix) This character is named after a Latin star- sometimes called the “dog star” in English.

i)

Latin Today Each of these characters has a name that comes from a Latin word. Write down the name of the character referred to, then match the description with the picture on the right.

Description Name Picture

i) This teacher’s first name means “white” or “pure” in Latin

Albus Dumblebore (picture c) a)

ii) This teacher’s first name means “strict” in Latin

Severus Snape (picture d) b)

iii) This student’s first name means “dragon” Draco Malfoy(picture e) c)

iv) This student shares a name with the daughter of Helen of Troy, famous for her beauty

Hermione Granger (picture h) d)

v) This teacher shares a first name with the Roman goddess of wisdom

Minerva McGonagall (picture g)

e)

vi) This character’s surname comes from the Latin word for wolf

Remus Lupin (the Latin word for wolf is lupus- picture a)

f)

vii) This character is named after the Greek messenger god

Hermes (the Roman version is Mercury- picture i)

g)

viii) This character’s first name means “champion” in Latin

Viktor Krum (though in Latin it’s spelt with a ‘c’- picture f)

h)

ix) This character is named after a Latin star- sometimes called the “dog star” in English.

Sirius Black (picture b) i)