Spell Tab Book A-I
written by Aly Potter
If you are interested in some spells read this Tab Book. Wait for my next Tab book to tell you more spells.
Last Updated
05/31/21
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Chapter 5
(Ears to kumquats)
Type: Transfiguration
Description: This spell transforms the victim's ears into kumquats.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1995, Luna Lovegood read The Quibbler upside down in order to reveal the secret charm, written in Ancient Runes.
(Ear-shrivelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Causes the target's ears to shrivel up.
Seen/Mentioned: Sometime between 1989 and 1994, Bill Weasley's pen-friend sent him a hat with this curse on it.
Ebublio (Ebublio Jinx)
Ebublio4
Type: Jinx
Pronunciation: ee-BUB-lee-oh
Description: Causes the victim to inflate and explode into hundreds of bubbles; it can only be cast if an ally is using Aqua Eructo on the victim simultaneously.
Seen/Mentioned: Used often by members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force.[7]
Engorgio (Engorgement Charm)
Engorgio
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: en-GOR-jee-oh
Description: Causes the target to swell in physical size. Its counter-charm is the Shrinking Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Rubeus Hagrid used this spell on his pumpkins in 1992; two years later, Barty Crouch Jr cast this spell on a spider to make it easier for students to see when he cast a curse on it. Used on another spider three years later to test a new wand.
Etymology: The English word engorge means "swell".
Notes: There is much speculation that this spell is the same as the Growth Charm, though this cannot be proven. Note that there is a difference between enlarging and engorging something, similar though they may seem.
Engorgio Skullus
Engorgio skullus
Type: Hex
Pronunciation: in-GORE-jee-oh SKUH-las
Description: Causes the victim's skull to swell disproportionately.[3] This spell may be a variation of the Engorgement Charm, as they share the first word of the incantation. Its countercurse is Redactum Skullus.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell can be bought at Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment in Diagon Alley.
Etymology: See etymology for above entry; "skullus" is Latin for "skull".
Entomorphis (Insect Jinx)
Entomorphis
Type: Jinx, Transfiguration
Pronunciation: en-TOE-morph-is
Description: This hex is used to transform the target into an insectoid for a short time.[3]
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter contemplated using this hex against Dudley Dursley in 1995, though he decided against it.
(Entrail-Expelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Expels victim's entrails. Precise effects unknown. Invented by Urquhart Rackharrow.
Seen/Mentioned: When Harry Potter visited St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuriesl in December 1995, he saw the portrait of Urquhart Rackharrow, which mentioned his invention of this curse.[8]
Episkey
Episkey
Type: Healing Spell
Pronunciation: ee-PIS-key
Description: Used to heal relatively minor injuries, such as broken bones and cartilage.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1996, Nymphadora Tonks used this spell to fix Harry's broken nose after Draco Malfoy broke it on the Hogwarts Express,[9] Harry, in turn, used it to heal Demelza Robins' swollen lip after Ron punched her during Quidditch practise.[10]
Etymology: The word comes from Greek "episkeui" ("επισκευή"), which means "repair".
Notes: This is part of a family of healing spells.
Epoximise
Epoximise
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ee-POX-i-mise
Description: Adheres one object to another, as if they had been glued together.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is often used by students to adhere each other's belongings to their desks (or, unfortunately, their hands).
Etymology: Epoximise comes from the English word epoxy, which is a type of adhesive.
Notes: This spell may be the Permanent Sticking Charm or a variation.
Erecto
Ereto1
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: eh-RECK-toh
Description: Used to erect a tent or other upright structure.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger to construct a shelter for her, Harry Potter, and Ronald Weasley in 1997.
Etymology: Erectum is past principle of erigere, which is Latin for "to erect".
Evanesce
Evanesce1
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-key
Description: Vanishes the target
Notes: This and the Vanishing Spell are almost certainly the same spell.
Evanesco (Vanishing Spell)
HM y4 Evanesco
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-koh
Description: Vanishes the target. Vanished things go "into non-being, which is to say, everything."
Seen/Mentioned: Used by William Weasley to vanish a bundle of old scrolls whilst cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place in 1995.[11]
Etymology: From "evanescene", meaning "something that is fleeting or disappears.
Everte Statum
Everte Statum
Type: Spell
Pronunciation: ee-VER-tay STAH-tum
Description: Throws the victim backward, similarly to being thrown.
Seen/Mentioned: Draco Malfoy used this spell on Harry Potter in 1992 during the Duelling Club.[12]
Etymology: The Latin words everte, which means "to throw out" and statua, from the same language, meaning "image".
Expecto Patronum (Patronus Charm)
Patronus2
Luna practising the Patronus Charm during a D.A. meeting
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ecks-PECK-toh pah-TROH-numb
Description: This charm is a highly powerful and advanced protective spell which will conjure a spirit guardian of their positive emotions to defend against dark creatures; it can also send messages to other witches or wizards. The Patronus takes the form of an animal, unique to each person who casts it. The form of a Patronus can change when one has undergone a period of heightened emotion.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught to Harry Potter by Remus Lupin during his Anti-Dementor lessons;[13] Harry later taught Dumbledore's Army this charm.[14] This is the only known spell effective against Dementors or Lethifolds.
Etymology: Patronus means "protector" in Latin; in archaic Latin, it means "father"; considering the form Harry's takes, this is interesting. The Latin word expecto means "I await"[15]
Expelliarmus (Disarming Charm)
Snape disarms Lockhart
Severus Snape using Expelliarmus
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ex-PELL-ee-ARE-muss
Description: Forces whatever an opponent is holding to fly out of their hand. It was considered to be Harry Potter's signature spell.[16]
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Severus Snape on Gilderoy Lockhart during a live duelling demonstration during the first and last meeting of the Duelling Club in 1992.[12]
Etymology: Probably a combination of Latin expello, meaning "expel", and arma, meaning "weapon".
Expulso (Expulso Curse)
Expulso
Type: Curse
Pronunciation: ecks-PUHL-soh
Description: Provokes an explosion, unique in that it uses pressure to do so as opposed to heat.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Antonin Dolohov during a fight in a cafe in 1997.
Etymology: From expulsum, which is past principle of expellere, which means "expel".
(Extinguishing Spell)
Type: Charm
Description: Puts out fires.
Seen/Mentioned: Charlie Weasley and his friends would use this spell should something go wrong in the tournament.[17]
Type: Transfiguration
Description: This spell transforms the victim's ears into kumquats.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1995, Luna Lovegood read The Quibbler upside down in order to reveal the secret charm, written in Ancient Runes.
(Ear-shrivelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Causes the target's ears to shrivel up.
Seen/Mentioned: Sometime between 1989 and 1994, Bill Weasley's pen-friend sent him a hat with this curse on it.
Ebublio (Ebublio Jinx)
Ebublio4
Type: Jinx
Pronunciation: ee-BUB-lee-oh
Description: Causes the victim to inflate and explode into hundreds of bubbles; it can only be cast if an ally is using Aqua Eructo on the victim simultaneously.
Seen/Mentioned: Used often by members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force.[7]
Engorgio (Engorgement Charm)
Engorgio
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: en-GOR-jee-oh
Description: Causes the target to swell in physical size. Its counter-charm is the Shrinking Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Rubeus Hagrid used this spell on his pumpkins in 1992; two years later, Barty Crouch Jr cast this spell on a spider to make it easier for students to see when he cast a curse on it. Used on another spider three years later to test a new wand.
Etymology: The English word engorge means "swell".
Notes: There is much speculation that this spell is the same as the Growth Charm, though this cannot be proven. Note that there is a difference between enlarging and engorging something, similar though they may seem.
Engorgio Skullus
Engorgio skullus
Type: Hex
Pronunciation: in-GORE-jee-oh SKUH-las
Description: Causes the victim's skull to swell disproportionately.[3] This spell may be a variation of the Engorgement Charm, as they share the first word of the incantation. Its countercurse is Redactum Skullus.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell can be bought at Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment in Diagon Alley.
Etymology: See etymology for above entry; "skullus" is Latin for "skull".
Entomorphis (Insect Jinx)
Entomorphis
Type: Jinx, Transfiguration
Pronunciation: en-TOE-morph-is
Description: This hex is used to transform the target into an insectoid for a short time.[3]
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter contemplated using this hex against Dudley Dursley in 1995, though he decided against it.
(Entrail-Expelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Expels victim's entrails. Precise effects unknown. Invented by Urquhart Rackharrow.
Seen/Mentioned: When Harry Potter visited St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuriesl in December 1995, he saw the portrait of Urquhart Rackharrow, which mentioned his invention of this curse.[8]
Episkey
Episkey
Type: Healing Spell
Pronunciation: ee-PIS-key
Description: Used to heal relatively minor injuries, such as broken bones and cartilage.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1996, Nymphadora Tonks used this spell to fix Harry's broken nose after Draco Malfoy broke it on the Hogwarts Express,[9] Harry, in turn, used it to heal Demelza Robins' swollen lip after Ron punched her during Quidditch practise.[10]
Etymology: The word comes from Greek "episkeui" ("επισκευή"), which means "repair".
Notes: This is part of a family of healing spells.
Epoximise
Epoximise
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ee-POX-i-mise
Description: Adheres one object to another, as if they had been glued together.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is often used by students to adhere each other's belongings to their desks (or, unfortunately, their hands).
Etymology: Epoximise comes from the English word epoxy, which is a type of adhesive.
Notes: This spell may be the Permanent Sticking Charm or a variation.
Erecto
Ereto1
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: eh-RECK-toh
Description: Used to erect a tent or other upright structure.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger to construct a shelter for her, Harry Potter, and Ronald Weasley in 1997.
Etymology: Erectum is past principle of erigere, which is Latin for "to erect".
Evanesce
Evanesce1
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-key
Description: Vanishes the target
Notes: This and the Vanishing Spell are almost certainly the same spell.
Evanesco (Vanishing Spell)
HM y4 Evanesco
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-koh
Description: Vanishes the target. Vanished things go "into non-being, which is to say, everything."
Seen/Mentioned: Used by William Weasley to vanish a bundle of old scrolls whilst cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place in 1995.[11]
Etymology: From "evanescene", meaning "something that is fleeting or disappears.
Everte Statum
Everte Statum
Type: Spell
Pronunciation: ee-VER-tay STAH-tum
Description: Throws the victim backward, similarly to being thrown.
Seen/Mentioned: Draco Malfoy used this spell on Harry Potter in 1992 during the Duelling Club.[12]
Etymology: The Latin words everte, which means "to throw out" and statua, from the same language, meaning "image".
Expecto Patronum (Patronus Charm)
Patronus2
Luna practising the Patronus Charm during a D.A. meeting
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ecks-PECK-toh pah-TROH-numb
Description: This charm is a highly powerful and advanced protective spell which will conjure a spirit guardian of their positive emotions to defend against dark creatures; it can also send messages to other witches or wizards. The Patronus takes the form of an animal, unique to each person who casts it. The form of a Patronus can change when one has undergone a period of heightened emotion.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught to Harry Potter by Remus Lupin during his Anti-Dementor lessons;[13] Harry later taught Dumbledore's Army this charm.[14] This is the only known spell effective against Dementors or Lethifolds.
Etymology: Patronus means "protector" in Latin; in archaic Latin, it means "father"; considering the form Harry's takes, this is interesting. The Latin word expecto means "I await"[15]
Expelliarmus (Disarming Charm)
Snape disarms Lockhart
Severus Snape using Expelliarmus
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ex-PELL-ee-ARE-muss
Description: Forces whatever an opponent is holding to fly out of their hand. It was considered to be Harry Potter's signature spell.[16]
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Severus Snape on Gilderoy Lockhart during a live duelling demonstration during the first and last meeting of the Duelling Club in 1992.[12]
Etymology: Probably a combination of Latin expello, meaning "expel", and arma, meaning "weapon".
Expulso (Expulso Curse)
Expulso
Type: Curse
Pronunciation: ecks-PUHL-soh
Description: Provokes an explosion, unique in that it uses pressure to do so as opposed to heat.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Antonin Dolohov during a fight in a cafe in 1997.
Etymology: From expulsum, which is past principle of expellere, which means "expel".
(Extinguishing Spell)
Type: Charm
Description: Puts out fires.
Seen/Mentioned: Charlie Weasley and his friends would use this spell should something go wrong in the tournament.[17]
