CoS duelling spells

[sophia mclaughlin]

Here's what I hear Malfoy say: "Everte status" (I'm not sure about the s) 
Everte (of infinitive evertere) means to dislodge or overturn; status means 
standing posture. That would work, don't you think?
Rictus empra comes straight from the book, but is actually a tickling 
charm(too bad it wasn't a tickling charm in the movie, and let me mourn 
again that we didn't get to see Harry do an involuntary dance under the 
taratellegra curse Malfoy originally cast on him in the duelling scene from 
the book).
Rictus means laughter, but I can't find empra. Could it be related to the 
english word emperor? What does that mean? Something to do with command, 
perhaps or power. I've got the proper translation somewhere in an article on 
the movie. I'll look it up later.
I've got a bonus translation for you though, fresh from a latin dictionary: 
The spell Harry learns from Tom to deal with spiders--"aranea exime."(Which 
BTW is a movie exclusive and not in the book)"Aranea" means spider and 
"exime" (from eximere) remove.

This was fun! Let's do some more!

Sophia


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