SecrtKeeperEvidence/Chapter21questions/GhostsVsInferii/GH Attack/InvisiCloaks

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 158960

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> 
wrote:
 
> Being seduced by Sectumsempra was just part of being seduced by the
> book. Btw I, even seeing that 'sectum-sempra' means 'cut forever',
> thought it was a spell for turning a pair of friends into a pair of
> enemies, and was surprised that it was a virtual knife.

Geoff:
I'm mildly surprised you came to that conclusion.

I could possibly see 'cut' in the context of 'cutting someone dead' or breaking the ties 
between friends but to turn them into enemies? Besides, we are told that the spell was 
marked 'for enemies' /not/ 'for making enemies'.

I'm not sure that the Romans would have used 'seco' in that sense anyway.