Langlock -
leek jinx -
Legilimens -
Leg-Locker Curse -
Levicorpus -
Levitation Charm -
Liberacorpus -
Library book spells -
light spell -
lightening spell -
Locomotor -
Locomotor Mortis -
Lumos
Langlock (LANG-lok)
"lang" Eng. language (which derives from L. lingua tongue, language) + "lock" Eng. to fasten
A jinx that glues the target's tongue to the roof of his or her mouth.
One of the Half-Blood Prince's self-invented spells. Twice used by Harry on Filch, to general applause; referred to as a jinx (HBP12)
leek jinx
no incantation given
Results in leeks growing out of the target's ears.
During the tension-filled week leading up to the Gryffindor- Slytherin Quidditch match in the spring of 1994 [Y14], a nasty incident in the corridors resulted in a Gryffindor fourth year and a Slytherin sixth year going to the hospital wing with leeks sprouting out of their ears.
See CONJURING SPELLS.
Legilimens (le-JIL-i-menz)
"legens" L. reader + "mens" L. mind
See Legilimency.
See LOCOMOTOR MORTIS.
Levicorpus (leh-vi-COR-pus)
"levo" L. to lift up, raise + "corpus" L. body
Dangles the target person upside-down by the ankle in mid-air.
A spell developed by the Half-Blood Prince, the incantation for which was written down in his old Potions textbook without a description of the effects (but fortunately with the counter-jinx); Harry very rashly cast this on Ron without a clear idea of what the effects would be (HBP12)
Harry tried and failed to cast this on Snape during Snape's departure from Hogwarts (HBP28).
Hermione used this to levitate Harry by the ankle so that he could reach the cup (DH26).
The counter-jinx is Liberacorpus
Levitation Charm
"wing" + "arduus" L. high, steep + "levo" L. to raise up, levitate
A basic charm that allows the target to float up to five feet above the ground
Wingardium Leviosa is a levitation spell (PS10)
See HOVER CHARM, CANDLE MAGIC; also LANTERN, FLOATING, SNOWBALL, BEWITCHED.
Lee Jordan levitated two Nifflers into Umbridge's office. She blamed Hagrid (OP31)
Although Harry did perform the Levitation Charm as part of his practical Charms O.W.L., it is never stated that this is the same as Wingardium Leviosa. It seems likely, however (OP31)
Not named, but this or something similar was used on Charity Burbage at Malfoy Manor (DH1) as well as on the champagne bottles and lanterns at Bill Weasley's wedding to Fleur Delacour (DH8).
Liberacorpus (lee-ber-ah-COR-pus)
"liber" L. free + "corpus" L. body
Counter-jinx to Levicorpus (see).
A spell developed by the Half-Blood Prince, the incantation for which was written down in his old Potions textbook without a description of the effects, alongside the spell for which it is a counter-jinx. Harry cast it on Ron (HBP12)
library book spells
no incantation given
Madam Pince puts a variety of spells and curses on the books in the Hogwarts library to make sure that kids don't damage them. (At least, not twice...)
Dumbledore absent-mindedly doodled in a library book and was surprised to find it beating him on the head (QA).
The screaming book in the Restricted Section may have been reacting according to one of the spells on it (PS12)
Madam Pince has been known to add some unusual hexes and jinxes at times, besides the usual collection of library book spells (QA).
See THIEF'S CURSE.
light spell
no incantation used
Appearing with a soft, crackling sound, this spell creates a handful of shimmering light.
Lupin used this spell while on the Hogwarts Express. It lit the compartment and the form of the Dementor that was searching the train (PA5).
See also LUMOS, BLUEBELL FLAMES.
lightening spell
no incantation given
Causes an object to become less heavy and thereby easier to carry.
Harry apparently knew such a spell by the summer after his second year, since he planned to use it on his trunk in order to make it light enough to carry it to London on his broomstick (PA2).
Locomotor... (lo-co-MO-tor)
"loco" L. from a place + "motionem" L. motion
Moves an object. Typically, the spell word "Locomotor" is followed by a target word, which is the object to be moved.
Flitwick used Locomotor trunks to move Trelawney's belongings back up the main staircase, back to her lodgings (OP26)
Tonks used Locomotor Trunk to move Harry's trunk downstairs before flying off to Grimmauld Place (OP3).
McGonagall used Piertotum Locomotor to animate the statues and suits of armour, sending them into the battle of Hogwarts (DH30).
Locomotor Mortis
(lo-co-MO-tor MOR-tis)
"Leg-Locker Curse"
"loco" L. from a place + "motionem" L. motion + "mortis" L. death
Locks together the legs of the victim, making him or her unable to walk.
Draco cast this spell on Neville just for kicks; Neville then had to hop all the way back to Gryffindor Tower (PS13)
See also PETRIFICUS TOTALUS
Lumos (LOO-mos)
"lumen" L. light
Causes a small beam of light to shine from the end of the caster's wand.
This spell is used frequently as people skulk about the castle or the Forbidden Forest.
Dumbledore even used one when looking for Mr. Crouch (GF28), and his beam of light was just as narrow and flashlight-like as Harry's usually is. You'd think Dumbledore would have been able to summon up something a little brighter.
When Harry lost his wand during the Dementor attack, he desperately said Lumos and to his surprise, the tip of his wand lit up even though he wasn't holding the wand at the time. The light from a Lumos spell works even when the Dementors' presence had cancelled out the light from the streetlamps and even the stars (OP1)
The spell to turn the light off is Nox.
Cast by Harry while searching both number twelve, Grimmauld Place (DH10) and while searching the Lestranges' vault (DH26).
See also WAND EFFECTS.
