[HPforGrownups] Re: Avada Kedavra Meaning

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 84815

At 04:15 12-11-03 +0000, you wrote:

>Check out the Spell Encyclopedia of the Lexicon. It includes the
>derivations and etymologies of every spell, including Avada Kedavra
>(which is Aramaic, by the way).

Do you know the meaning of the individual words of the killing
curse? And/or the transliteration from Aramaic?

I've searched a few sites in an attempt to learn which part
expresses the wish and which part expresses the destruction,
but I haven't been able to find anything conclusive.

Another question that has bugged me a bit is whether there is
an actual, significant, difference between the phrases 'Prior
Incantato' and 'Priori Incantatem' - I originally thought that
the latter was plural, but both are singular.

Any help on those two would certainly be much appreciated.

Troels