Alarte Ascendare

Alarte Ascendare is a spell used to launch an object up into the air. Gilderoy Lockhart used this spell to try to get rid of a snake which Draco Malfoy conjured during the first Duelling Club meeting in 1992, but instead launched it into midair, which only aggravated it further.

Known Practitioners

 * Gilderoy Lockhart

Etymology
Alate is Latin for 'winged' whereas Ascendare is a Latin verb meaning 'to climb' or 'to ascend'. Therefore, the whole incantation may read something like "winged ascent".

Behind the scenes

 * Bartemius Crouch Jr. may have used a variation of this spell to bounce a transfigured Draco Malfoy in the air several times as punishment in 1994.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)