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哈利波特的咒語，其實大部份是拉丁文。有些是 “真” 拉丁文，有些是 “假” 拉丁文！
好久好久以前，歐洲的文字，其實是拉丁文。比如說，聖經。著名的馬丁路德的 “罪狀” 之一，就是把拉丁文的聖經，翻譯成德文！
今天要介紹的這咒語 Obliviate，反而是英文（只是不常用罷了）！！！
Obliviate 根據牛津字典，是 To forget, commit to oblivion https://www.lexico.com/definition/obliviate
Oblivion 則是 the state of being completely forgotten:
He was another minor poet who was consigned to oblivion.
These toys will be around for a year or two, then fade/slide/sink into oblivion.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/oblivion
Oblivion 讀成：
Obliviate 咒語，根據這網站："If there's one thing I pride myself on, it's my Memory Charms." — Gilderoy Lockhart [src] A Memory Charm (Obliviate), also known as a Forgetfulness Charm, was a spell that could be used to erase memories from an individual's mind.“
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Memory_Charm
所以，這是一個 Memory Charm（有關記憶的咒語）。是個可以使人 “忘記” 的咒語！當然，用這咒語時，也要用對 “魔棒”！^_^
有趣的是，這個字源於法文的 obliviion ：
“........ Late 14th century, "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13th century) and directly from Latin oblīviōnem (“forgetfulness; a being forgotten”), from oblīvīscī (“forget”), originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob- (“over”) + root of lēvis (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- (“slime, slimy, sticky”) (see slime (noun)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15th century. ...... “
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obliviate
既然，這字不常用，今天也介紹 Charm 這字吧！Charm 這字，簡單翻譯就是魅力。太厲害的魅力，就變成一種 “魔咒” 了！所以，在此 Memory Charm 的意思，就是記憶的咒語。
Charm 讀成：
今天學的字，比較難。我個人也是從 Harry Potter 影片裡學的。我這系列學英文文章，雖稱之為 “哈利波特學英文”，其實是我在學英文！😄！
本文初寫於 2021 年 10 月 5 日
