An Alarte Ascendare

Alarte Ascendare - Chapter 17 (Duelling Club) was the incantation of a charm used to launch an object up into the air.
==History==
Gilderoy Lockhart used this spell non-verbally in an attempt to dispose the snake which Draco Malfoy had conjured during the first Duelling Club meeting in 1992. However, his efforts proved to be futile, as the spell merely caused the serpent to fly upwards, which only aggravated it further.
==Known practitioners==
Gilderoy Lockhart COS promo.jpg|Gilderoy Lockhart
==Etymology==
Alarte comes from the Latin adjective Alate 'winged', and ascendare is a Latin verb meaning 'to climb' or 'to ascend'. Therefore, the whole incantation may be translated roughly as "winged ascent".
==See also==
*Levitation Charm
*Hover Charm
*Rocket Charm
==Behind the scenes==
*In , Lockhart uses the incantation for this spell rather than casting it non-verbally.
*Bartemius Crouch Junior may have used a variation of this spell to bounce a transfigured Draco Malfoy in the air several times as punishment in 1994. However, Gilderoy's spell lost contact with the wand and target immediately after usage, while Barty's spell kept the contact with wand and the target all the time.
*Alarte Ascendare may be closely related to the spell Ascendio which was used in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Both spells lift their targets high up into the air, with main difference being the target - Ascendio launches the caster into the air while Alarte Ascendare launches a target directed at by the wand.
*This may be the incantation for the Rocket Charm, a spell that also causes the targeted object to shoot upwards with great velocity and force.
*Similar to Vera Verto, viewers have raised concerns on the accuracy of the subtitles for spells in the Chamber of Secrets film,Vera Verto - Harry Potter Wikia talk page debating that the actual incantation is "Volate Ascendare".Alarte Ascendare - Harry Potter Wikia talk page Volate is a conjugation of the Latin word volare meaning "to fly". This similarly fits the effect of the spell demonstrated.
*Whilst not canonically confirmed, this spell may be the incantation for the Vaulting Charm.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Charms
Category:Levitation
Category:Spells With-An Light
Category:Spells With Incantations of Latin Known Origin