Volate 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
Etymology
Volate is Latin for 'flight' whereas Ascendare is a Latin verb meaning 'to climb' or 'to ascend'. Therefore, the whole incantation may read something like "flight 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 (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (First identified as Alarte Ascendare)