ENCYCLOPEDIA of HP-VERSE(NOTE on PG-36 PLZ CHECK)

Accio (AK-ee-oh or A-see-oh) "Summoning Charm"

"accio" L. send for, summon

Causes an object to fly to the caster, even over quite some distance; the target object is said to have been Summoned. It would seem that the caster must know at least the general location of the object Summoned.

• Mrs. Weasley used a series of Summoning Charms to find the magical items Fred and George were trying to sneak out of the house at the time of the Quidditch World Cup (GF6).

• Harry learned the Summoning Charm for the first task, when he Summoned his Firebolt to him so he could fly around and past the Hungarian Horntail (GF20).

• The fake Moody used a Summoning Charm to grab the Marauder's Map off the stairs on the night Harry solved the golden egg clue (GF25).

• Harry used this charm to call the Triwizard Cup to him while escaping Voldemort and the Death Eaters (GF34).

• Used several times during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries by both sides. The most notable instances were by Death Eaters attempting to pull the prophecy sphere from Harry's hands, by Hermione to pick up wandsafter a Disarming Spell hit, and most memorably by Ron in the Brain Room after he'd been knocked silly (OP35).

• Harry attempted to cast this nonverbally to Summon his wand into his hand after Draco Malfoy had hit him with aFull-Body Bind, but Harry couldn't make the spell work at the time (HBP8). Harry had a similar problem when hiswand was knocked out of his hand during his fight with Nagini at Godric's Hollow (DH17).

• Harry used this to Summon Rosmerta's brooms so that he and Albus Dumbledore could return quickly to the castleon the night of the Battle of the Tower (HBP27).

• Harry cast this on Hagrid (DH4).

• Hermione used this to steal the Horcrux books - library books that he had taken out of circulation - from Dumbledore's study (DH6).

• Harry used this to Summon his glasses (DH7).

• Fred Summoned hairs from a Muggle boy in Ottery St. Catchpole in order to help Harry disguise himself using Polyjuice Potion (DH8).

• Hermione used this to try to Summon the locket Horcrux in Regulus' room (DH10). Harry similarly attempted to Summon it in Umbridge's office at the Ministry (DH13).

• An object can be placed under counter-enchantments to prevent it being summoned magically. The stone basin in the Horcrux cave andHufflepuff's cup in Gringotts had both been placed under such counter-enchantments (DH10, (DH26).

• NOTE: The pronunciation of this spell has been debated by fans. The "official" pronunciation from Scholastic is "A-see-oh." This is the pronunciation used in the audio version of the books. The word is Latin, however, and in Latin the letter C is always pronounced 'hard,' the same as the letter K. Some languages which are descended from Latin, such as Italian, pronounce 'cc' as 'ch,' but this is almost certainly not correct.

Age Line

incantation unknown

A thin golden line drawn on a floor, which affects anyone who crosses it if they are too young. (Presumably, an Age Line could also be set up to prevent someone to cross who was older than a given age.)

• Albus Dumbledore drew an Age Line around the Goblet of Fire to keep away anyone who was not yet seventeen years old. When the Weasley twins, who had taken an Ageing Potion to try to fool it, crossed over the Age Line, they were thrown back and sprouted long white beards (GF12).

Aguamenti (AH-gwa-MEN-tee)

"agua" Sp./Portuguese water (from Latin "aqua") + "mentis" L. mind

Charm that conjures a fountain or jet of clear water from the caster's wand.

• Taught in sixth-year Charms in early September (HBP11). Oddly, the sixth years were working on this charm or something similar after the New Year as well (HBP17).

• Used by Harry on the crystal goblet in the cave of the locket Horcrux, but apparently some effect of the potion that had previously been put in the goblet caused the water to vanish before it could be drunk (HBP26).

• Harry and Hagrid together used this to cast jets of water on Hagrid's burning house (HBP28).

Alohomora (AL-o-ho-MOR-ah)

Source: The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1

Charm that causes a locked door to open.

• Hermione used this spell to let herself, Ron, and Harry into the forbidden third floor corridor during their first year (PS9).

• This spell wouldn't work on the door requiring the winged key in the chamber guarding the Philosopher's Stone (PS16).

• Hermione used this spell on Flitwick's window when she, Harry, and Buckbeak rescued Sirius (PA21).

• This spell is needed to open the door of the Janus Thickey ward in St. Mungo's, presumably so that Healers and visitors can get in and out easily, but mentally confused patients lacking wands cannot (OP23).

• Harry assumed that Umbridge's office door had been bewitched so that this spell wouldn't work (OP29).

• One of the doors in the Department of Mysteries not only was proof against this spell, but melted Harry's knife-blade (OP34).

• The Death Eaters used this spell to open doors shut by the D.A. during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries (OP35).

• Used by Hermione on Regulus' door (DH10).

The term 'Alohomora' comes from sikidy, a form of divination from the Malagasy people of Madagascar. It is the name of a magical symbol which means 'favourable to thieves' (trans.). (massive thanks to Rattlesnakeroot and her LJ friendsfor discovering this!)

Anapneo (ah-NAHP-nay-oh)

"anapneo" Gr. "breathe" (many thanks to those who wrote in and suggested we look at Greek for the source of this)

Spell that clears the target's airway, if blocked.

• Slughorn cast this on Marcus Belby when the latter began to choke after swallowing too fast while attempting to respond to a question (HBP7).

  
  

Anti-Apparition

no names or words given

Prevents someone from Apparating. See ANTI-DISAPPARITION JINX.

Animagus Transfiguration

"animal" L. animal + "magus" Pers. magic user

The Transfiguration by which an Animagus takes his or her animal form, or reverts to human form from animal form. The animal form is sometimes referred to as the witch or wizard's Animagus form. See Animagi entry for further details about wizarding folk who can perform this highly complex and dangerous magic.

• McGonagall transforms into a cat (PS1, PA6).

• Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew became Animagi while students at Hogwarts (PA17, PA18, PA19).

• Animagi are supposed to be registered with the Ministry of Magic (PA18) but there are unregistered ones around, for example Rita Skeeter(GF37).

• For an excellent discussion of the legend and mythology of animal transformations, see pages 9-15.