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|name=''Everte Statum''
 
|name=''Everte Statum''
 
|image=[[File:Everte Statum 2.gif|250px]]
 
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|incantation=''Everte Statum''<ref name="F">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' (''Chapter Seventeen - Duelling Club'')</ref><br/>(ee-VER-tay STAH-tum)<ref name="F"/>
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|incantation=''Everte Statum''<ref name="F">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' (''Chapter Eleven - The Duelling Club'')</ref><br/>(ee-VER-tay STAH-tum)<ref name="F"/>
 
|type=[[Spell]]
 
|type=[[Spell]]
 
|light=Orange<ref name="F"/>
 
|light=Orange<ref name="F"/>
 
|hand=Point wand at victim<ref name="F"/>
 
|hand=Point wand at victim<ref name="F"/>
|effect=Makes opponent stumble, causes sharp pain<ref name="B">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (''Chapter Eleven - The Duelling Club'')</ref>
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|effect=#Makes opponent stumble<ref name="F"/>
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#Causes sharp pain<ref name="B">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' (''Chapter Eleven - The Duelling Club'')</ref>
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{{Quote| ''[...]'' his spell hit Harry so hard he felt as though he'd been hit over the head with a saucepan. He stumbled, but everything still seemed to be working ''[...]''|Description.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
 
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{{Quote|He caressed it gently, too; and then he raised it, and pointed it at Wormtail, who was lifted off the ground, and thrown against the head-stone where Harry was tied; he fell to the foot of it and lay there, crumpled up and crying.|Description|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
   
 
'''''Everte Statum'''''<ref name="CSf">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' - see [[:File:EverteStatumRef.png|this image]]</ref> is the [[incantation]] of a [[Martial magic|duelling spell]]<ref name="F"/>. It causes a short burst of intense pain, which can make the victim stumble, but does not cause any lasting damage<ref name="B"/>. [[Draco Malfoy]] used this spell against [[Harry Potter]] during the [[Duelling Club]] in [[1992]], despite being instructed to only use the [[Disarming Charm]]<ref name="B"/>.
 
'''''Everte Statum'''''<ref name="CSf">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' - see [[:File:EverteStatumRef.png|this image]]</ref> is the [[incantation]] of a [[Martial magic|duelling spell]]<ref name="F"/>. It causes a short burst of intense pain, which can make the victim stumble, but does not cause any lasting damage<ref name="B"/>. [[Draco Malfoy]] used this spell against [[Harry Potter]] during the [[Duelling Club]] in [[1992]], despite being instructed to only use the [[Disarming Charm]]<ref name="B"/>.
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==Practitioners==
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*[[Draco Malfoy]]<ref name="B"/>
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*[[Tom Riddle]]<ref name="GF33">{{GOF}} - Chapter 33 (''The Death Eaters'')</ref>
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
From Latin ''everte'', meaning "to throw out" and ''statua'', meaning "image".
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From Latin ''everte'', meaning "to throw out" and ''statum'', meaning "stand". This implies that it would cause the victim to be thrown from their standing position, which most notably coincides with the effect seen in the films.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Possible}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Possible}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' {{1st ID}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' {{1st ID}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Revision as of 21:40, 14 May 2014

"He caressed it gently, too; and then he raised it, and pointed it at Wormtail, who was lifted off the ground, and thrown against the head-stone where Harry was tied; he fell to the foot of it and lay there, crumpled up and crying."
— Description[src]

Everte Statum[3] is the incantation of a duelling spell[1]. It causes a short burst of intense pain, which can make the victim stumble, but does not cause any lasting damage[2]. Draco Malfoy used this spell against Harry Potter during the Duelling Club in 1992, despite being instructed to only use the Disarming Charm[2].

Practitioners

Etymology

From Latin everte, meaning "to throw out" and statum, meaning "stand". This implies that it would cause the victim to be thrown from their standing position, which most notably coincides with the effect seen in the films.

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references