Hocus pocus (magic) derived from the Protoslavic word "kusiti", which is itself derived from Gothic "kausajn" meaning "to try", "to attempt". This may indicate that the wording belongs to the alchemy kitchen and court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552 – 1612). Also, "hocus" may mean "to cheat" in Latin or a distorted form of the word "hoc", "this". Combination of the two words may give a sense, especially both meanings together "this attempt/experiment" and "cheated attempt/experiment". According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term originates from "hax pax max Deus adimax", a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magical formula by conjurors.
Si deus si dea or else to the Greek "anabasio" ("to go up"), interpreted as a reference to Remus' scaling of the Roman walls. Column D, the longest inscription, reads: Livy ascribed the institution of the fetiales to Ancus Marcius, and claimed that the "ius fetiale" came to Rome from the Aequicoli. Si deus si dea Si deus si dea is an Archaic Latin phrase meaning "whether god or goddess". It was used to address a deity of unknown gender. It was also written "sive deus sive dea", "sei deus sei dea", or "sive mas sive femina" ("whether male or female"). The phrase can