[HPforGrownups] Latin

[nykteris]

No: HPFGUIDX 12671

    Priori incantatem makes no sense in Latin because the form *incantatem*
doesn't exist. It's easier with Prior Incantato: prior - previous
(comparative of *propinquus*);  incantato can be or Dat./Abl. sg. form of
past
participle  of *incantare* or - and this possibility IMO is much better - 2
or 3 sg.
imperat. futuri activi. Although the forms are correct, it still makes no
acceptable sense in Latin.
    My theory is: everybody can learn Latin - so spells in pure Latin form
could seem too easy and too obvious, even for Muggles. But corrupted Latin
is something you can't discover on your own - you have to study it in
Hogwarts ;-))).

Katarzyna