Priori Incantatem, was: surviving AK

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 113981

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bex" <hubbarrk at r...> wrote:

Yb:
> Well, we know Amos doesn't have that particular wand, so it has to 
> be the spell. But, Amos did *not* use "Priori Incatatem." He used a 
> spell, "Priori Incantato." Amos' spell is used to discover "the 
last 
> spell a wand performed" (GoF, AmVer, p. 135).
> 
> Now Sirius knows what Priori Incatatem is. When DD makes the 
remark, 
> Sirius says "the Reverse Spell effect?" (GoF, AmVer, p.697). But DD 
> also calls the effect "very rare" (same page), saying it happens 
> when "brother" wands duel each other. I think Priori Incantatem 
*is* 
> very rare, and I agree with Alex that it is not a spell. Prior 
> Incantato (what Amos used) is the only way to get a similar result, 
> but nothing is as effective as the actual PI. 

Geoff:
I would suggest that it is, because it produces an end effect. The 
Latin also implies that. A loose translation of "Priori Incantatem" 
would be "the spell in front" or "the last spell" whereas I suggested 
months ago that "Prior Incantato" was possibly a Genetive case and 
would be "of the last spell" or "referring to the last spell". A 
subtle difference in words but the spell "request" is basically the 
same.

Geoff
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