- "Somewhere above him, Hermione whispered, “Mobiliarbus!”. The Christmas tree beside their table rose a few inches off the ground, drifted sideways and landed with a soft thump right in front of their table, hiding them from view."
- — Usage of this spell in the Three Broomsticks[src]
Mobiliarbus[1] was the incantation of a charm that enabled a witch or wizard to levitate a wooden _target a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction.[1] It worked on trees[1] and wands.[2]
Known uses
On 18 December 1993, Hermione Granger used this spell to move a Christmas tree in the Three Broomsticks to hide Harry Potter, because Minerva McGonagall didn't know that Harry had snuck into Hogsmeade.[1]
Etymology
The Latin terms mobilis, meaning "movable", and arbor, meaning "tree".[3]
Appearances
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 warnerbrothers.co.uk - Wand Shop
- ↑ See this translation on Google Translate.