Salvio hexia -
Scarpin's Revelaspell -
Scourgify -
Scouring Charm -
sealing spell -
Sectumsempra -
Serpensortia -
Severing Charm -
Shield Charm -
Shock Spell -
Silencing Charm -
Silencio -
sleep, bewitched -
slug-vomiting Charm -
snitch jinx -
Sonorus -
Specialis Revelio -
Sponge-Knees Curse -
Stealth Sensoring Spell -
Stinging Hex -
Stretching Jinx -
Stunner -
Stupefy -
Stupefying Charm -
Substantive Charm -
Summoning Charm -
Supersensory Charm -
Switching Spell
Salvio hexia (SAL-vee-oh HEX-ee-ah)
"salvia" L. without breaking + "hexia" hexes
Effect unknown, but the wording seems to suggest that this affects the various other spells being casts.
Hermione cast this along with several other protective enchantments on the campsite in the woods next to the old Quidditch World Cup campgrounds (DH14).
Casting this spell evidently became part of the routine protective enchantments used on their campsites during the hunt for the Horcruxes, because escaping from the Lovegoods' house, Hermione immediately began running in a circle around her companions, casting this along with other protective enchantments before they set up their tent (DH22).
See SPECIALIS REVELIO.
"excoriata" L. 'to be stripped of' (thanks to Ruth Eyres)
Cleans things.
Tonks used this spell to clean out Hedwig's cage in Harry's bedroom (OP3).
James Potter used this spell to "wash out" Snape's mouth when the latter called Lily a Mudblood just after their Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L. (OP28).
Possibly the same thing as the Scouring Charm.
"Scourgify" (?) or possibly "Tergeo" (?)
Cleans things.
Hermione taught Neville a Scouring Charm to clean frog guts out from under his fingernails (GF14).
A Scouring Charm is required to eradicate an infestation of bundimuns (FB)
There is no specific reference that Scourgify and the Scouring Charm are the same thing, but it seems very likely.
No incantation used
Seals a roll of parchment with a touch of the wand.
Used by Umbridge to seal the pink parchment note she sent to McGonagall by way of Harry; McGonagall slit it open with her wand when she received it (OP12).
Sectumsempra (sek-tum-SEM-pra)
"sectus" L. past participle of "seco", to cut "sempra" L. always
Cuts the target.
A spell invented by the Half-Blood Prince "for enemies" (HBP21)
Considered to be Dark Magic; anything severed from a target's body by this spell cannot be grown back by magic, according to Molly Weasley (DH5).
Harry cast this on Draco. Snape said afterward that there might be a certain amount of scarring, but that immediate treatment with dittany might prevent that (HBP24)
Apparently the nonverbal spell used by Snape on James Potter that resulted in a gash across James' face during their confrontation just after their Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L, as seen by Harry in the Pensieve (OP28), judging from Snape's remarks during his departure from Hogwarts (HBP28).
Harry used this on Inferi in the cave, but it didn't do much good (HBP26)
Harry tried and failed to cast this on Snape during Snape's departure from Hogwarts (HBP28).
Snape cast this at the wand-hand of a Death Eater who had been aiming at Remus Lupin's back, but missed and hit George Weasley instead, removing one of his ears (DH5, DH33).
Serpensortia (ser-pen-SOR-sha)
"serpens" L. serpent +
"ortus" L. past participle of "ortir", to come into existence
(or second segment could be derived from "sortir" Old Fr. to go out)
(thanks to Jake Downs for suggesting we look at "ortir")
Causes a large serpent to burst from the end of the caster's wand.
Draco cast this spell on Harry at the Duelling Club on Snape's suggestion; the serpent moved to attack Justin Finch-Fletchley (CS10).
See CONJURING SPELLS.
Severing Charm
"Diffindo" (?)
Spell to cut something.
Ron used this spell to remove the lace from the neck and sleeves of his used dress robes (GF23).
See PROTEGO.
Shock Spell
No incantation mentioned
Spell used at St. Mungo's to treat mental illnesses.
One reader of The Quibbler wrote Harry after his interview was published and suggested that he needed a course of Shock Spells at St. Mungo's, since he was obviously a nutter (OP26)
This is clearly a reference to shock therapy, a technique used in the treatment of mental illness in the Muggle world. Some see it as a bit barbaric, but it does produce results in some cases.
See SILENCIO.
Silencio
(si-LEN-see-oh)
"Silencing Charm"
"silencio" L. to be quiet
Magically silences the target of the spell.
The song of the Fwooper will drive the listener insane and must therefore be sold with a Silencing Charm on it. This charm must be recast on the Fwooper every month (FB).
Fifth-years work on this spell in Charms using bullfrogs and ravens (OP18).
Hermione cast this spell on a Death Eater during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, which caused the spell he used to attack her to be a lot less damaging. He still knocked her out, though, and did "enough damage to be going on with," according to Pomfrey (OP35, OP38).
incantation unknown
Puts the target person into a deep sleep; subject is in a state almost like suspended animation and does not breathe for the duration of the spell.
Dumbledore placed Cho, Ron, Hermione, and Gabrielle Delacour into this kind of sleep while they were "held hostage" by the merpeople in the lake (GF27).
Fleur tried to put her dragon into some sort of enchanted sleep during the first task (GF20)
slug-vomiting charm
no incantation given (no, it's not "eat slugs")
Causes the victim to belch up slugs.
Ron tried to hit Malfoy with this curse after Malfoy had called Hermione a Mudblood. Unfortunately, Ron's wand had been damaged earlier, so the spell backfired (CS7)
Interestingly, Ron had only a short time before, at breakfast, snapped "Eat slugs, Malfoy!" This is not the incantation, however, although CS/f clearly and incorrectly indicates that it is.
The name for this spell is mentioned in (OP19).
no incantation given
A delayed-action jinx which writes the word "sneak" across someone's face in pimples if they break an agreement they sign. This jinx may be an invention of Hermione Granger.
Hermione jinxed a piece of parchment with this spell. Each member of the D.A. signed the parchment when the group started meeting and in so doing put themsleves under its effect. When Marietta Edgecombe told Umbridge about the DA, the word "sneak" broke out on her face instantly. Umbridge tried to remove it but couldn't, which indicates just how talented Hermione is at casting spells (OP16)
This jinx was still in effect on Marietta the following September (HBP7)
Sonorus
(so-NO-rus)
reverse: Quietus
"sonorus" L. loud
Makes the caster's voice carry over long distances.
Ludo Bagman used these spells to make his voice heard throughout the Quidditch World Cup stadium and over the stands of people watching the Triwizard Tournament (GF8, GF31)
Specialis Revelio
(spe-see-AH-lis reh-VEL-ee-oh)
Scarpin's Revelaspell
Used to identify the ingredients of the target potion or the enchantments on a target object.
Used by Hermione on the Half-Blood Prince's copy of Advanced Potion-Making (HBP9)
Used by Ernie Macmillan (HBP18)
Sponge-Knees Curse
no incantation given
Presumably turns the target's knees spongy, making it difficult for him or her to walk.
During the September 1999 riot that took place during the Puddlemere/ Holyhead game, a group of Puddlemere supporters were using this curse "in retaliation" to the Jelly-Brain Jinx, according to one Puddlemere supporter (DP).
See JELLY-LEGS JINX.
Stealth Sensoring Spells
no incantation given
Spells to detect anyone sneaking past them. Can be placed on physical objects such as doors.
After two Nifflers had been placed in her office, Umbridge placed Stealth Sensoring Spells on her door, which detected Harry and Hermione as they broke in to use the fire (OP32)
Stretching Jinx
no incantation given
Presumably causes the target object or creature to stretch (extend in length).
Mrs. Weasley said before their sixth year that Harry and Ron had grown so much that they looked as though they'd had this jinx put on them (HBP5).
Stinging Hex
no incantation given
A fairly low-powered hex that causes a stinging pain in the victim.
When under assault by Snape's Legilimency, Harry found it almost impossible to resist the intrusion until Snape happened upon the memory of Harry's kiss with Cho Chang. The resistence he felt to Snape viewing this memory translated into a Stinging Hex that broke Snape's spell. Harry had not consciously decided to perform that spell, so it seems unlikely that that he actually spoke any words. It would seem instead that this hex was purely an extension of his intention to fight Snape off (OP24).
Stunner
See STUPEFY.
Stupefy
(STOO-puh-fye)
"Stunner" "Stunning Spell" "Stupefying Charm"
reverse: "Rennervate"
"stupefacio" L. to make senseless, from "stupeo" L. stunned
Renders the target of the spell unconscious; this spell hurls a bolt of red light.
Used by Ministry wizards to try to stop whomever cast the Dark Mark during the Quidditch World Cup riot (GF9)
Used by dragon keepers (a lot of them at once) to manage dragons (GF19).
Flavius Belby tried to use a Stupefying Charm against a Lethifold, but only succeeded in blasting a hole through his bedroom door (FB)
Not very effective against Hagrid, who is part giant (OP31).
Harry tried to cast this on Snape during Snape's departure from Hogwarts, but missed (HBP28).
Cast by Harry several times at pursuing Death Eaters (DH4).
Referred to using the verb Stun (DH5).
Harry cast this on Thorfinn Rowle and attempted to cast it on Antonin Dolohov but missed the latter, hitting the waitress instead (DH9).
Used by Harry on Dolores Umbridge and on Yaxley (DH13).
Cast by Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the crowd of goblins responding to the alarm at Gringotts (DH25).
See STUPEFY.
Substantive Charm
no incantation given
Effect unknown.
Seamus Finnigan, the day before Harry's year's first O.W.L., was reciting the definition of this charm aloud (OP31)
See ACCIO.
Lets the caster sense things out of his or her line of sight.
various, depending on the Transfiguration intended
A category of Transfiguration spells that swap one thing for another.
Hermione knew quite a bit about Switching Spells already in her first year, and gained some house points for it from McGonagall (PS9)
Neville wasn't particularly adept at these, managing to switch his own ears onto a cactus during Transfiguration class (GF15).
Hermione, discussing ways to combat dragons:
"Well, there are Switching Spells...but what's the point of Switching it? Unless you swapped its fangs for wine-gums or something that would make it less dangerous..." (GF20)
The definition of Switching Spells was on the theory portion of the Transfiguration O.W.L. that Harry took in June 1996 [Y16] (OP31)
