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"He stares at the monolith before him, lifts his wand and begins to chant eerily. The surface of the cabinet glimmers, atremble in the ambient light. Almost alive. Then he stops. Looking back, his eyes haunted, he slips away. Light plays within the cabinet. Movement. Shadows flicker within, coalesce."
— Description of the charm being used by Draco Malfoy[src]

Harmonia Nectere Passus was the incantation of a charm used to repair a broken Vanishing Cabinet and perfect its performance. It required more than simply speaking the incantation in front of the damaged device, proven by the fact that Draco Malfoy needed nearly a year to repair one.[1]

History[]

Draco used this spell on the broken Hogwarts-Borgin and Burkes Vanishing Cabinet pair in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1996–1997 school year, which had been damaged by Peeves in 1992. By 30 June 1997, after a year's worth of painstaking efforts, the cabinet was properly repaired, and Death Eaters were able to be granted passage. It was likely possible to repair a vanishing cabinet more quickly than this, but Draco was working alone off of instructions from Mr Borgin, instead of bringing the twin in to the store to be repaired.[1]

Etymology[]

In Latin, harmonia means "harmony"; nectere means "to connect" or "bind together"; and passus means "step". Considering the proper vowel lenghts are Harmoniā nectere passūs while "nectere" is in a passive imperative form, the possible meaning would be "Let the steps be connected in harmony".[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
  2. Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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