Changes: Locking Spell

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" Colloportus! " gasped Hermione and the door sealed itself with an odd squelching noise."

The Locking Spell (Colloportus) is a charm that is used to lock or seal doors so that they cannot be opened manually. This charm is featured in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1^[2] and has a well-known counter charm, Alohomora.

Effects

It is unknown whether a key could be used to unlock a door after a locking charm has been placed on it.. If it is true that a key would be ineffective against a door sealed with this spell, it would prove quite useful against Muggles.

Known uses

" Colloportus!" Shouted Harry, and he heard three bodies slam into the other side."

— Harry uses the charm against Death Eaters^[src]

Caster(s)	Date	Notes
Hermione Granger ^[1]	18 June, 1996	Member of the D.A. used this spell in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
Harry Potter ^[1]
Luna Lovegood ^[1]
Neville Longbottom ^[1]
Severus Snape ^[3]	1996	Snape used this spell to close and lock the unusually small door behind his bookshelf in order to prevent Peter Pettigrew overhearing his conversation with Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange in 1996.

Possible uses

This may have been the spell that Albus Dumbledore used to magically lock the door to the Hospital wing after Harry and Hermione returned from rescuing Sirius Black in 1994.^[4]

Behind the scenes

"It appears to be some sort of locking charm"

— Harry Potter on the spell used on the doors^[src]

In the second video game adaption of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows during the 1998 Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger found a lot of doors was magically sealed by "some sort of locking charm" and Hermione had to use the Unlocking Charm. This Locking Spell is possibly the one mentioned as it locks a door and is a charm.

Etymology

Colloportus is composed of the prefix "collo—" deriving from Latin colligo meaning to bind together or possibly Greek κολλάω, κολλώ (collo) which means "to glue, stick" and Latin portus meaning door.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Possible appearance)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Possible appearance)
Pottermore

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
↑ Pottermore
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 22 - (Owl Post Again)

The Standard Book of Spells

Grade 1 · Grade 2 · Grade 3 · Grade 4 · Grade 5 · Grade 6 · Grade 7
Charms included in the series: Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Nonverbal spell · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)

[OOTP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[2] Pottermore

[3] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)

[PA22-4] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 22 - (Owl Post Again)

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+}}{{Quote| ''Colloportus!'' " gasped Hermione and the door sealed itself with an odd squelching noise.|[[Hermione Granger]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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+The '''Locking Spell''' (''Colloportus'') is a [[charm]] that is used to lock or seal doors so that they cannot be opened manually. This charm is featured in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1]]''<ref>''[[Pottermore]]''</ref> and has a well-known [[Counter-charm|counter charm]], ''[[Unlocking Charm|Alohomora]]''.
-{{Quote| ''Colloportus!''" gasped Hermione and the door sealed itself with an odd squelching noise.|Hermione Granger's use in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
-The '''Locking Spell''' (''Colloportus'') is a [[charm]] that is used to lock or seal doors so that they cannot be opened manually; however, it is unknown whether a key could be used to unlock them.
-If it is true that a key would be ineffective against a door sealed with this spell, it would prove quite useful against Muggles because there is a well-known [[Counter-charm|counter charm]], ''[[Unlocking Charm|Alohomora]]''.
-==Uses==
+== Effects ==
+It is unknown whether a key could be used to unlock a door after a locking charm has been placed on it.. If it is true that a key would be ineffective against a door sealed with this spell, it would prove quite useful against Muggles.
-{{Quote|Colloportus!" Shouted Harry, and he heard three bodies slam into the other side.|Harry uses the charm against [[Death Eaters]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
+==Known uses==
-*The charm is featured in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1]]''.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]''</ref>
-*[[Hermione Granger]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Luna Lovegood]], and [[Neville Longbottom]] used this spell in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]].<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
+{{Quote| ''Colloportus!''" Shouted Harry, and he heard three bodies slam into the other side.|Harry uses the charm against [[Death Eaters]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
+{| class="wikitable" border="1"
-*[[Severus Snape]] may have used this spell to close and lock the unusually small door behind his bookshelf in order to prevent [[Peter Pettigrew]] overhearing his conversation with [[Narcissa Malfoy]] and [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] in [[1996]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''</ref>
+|-
+! align="left" width="17%" |Caster(s)
+! align="left" width="17%" |Date
+! align="left" width="50%" |Notes
+|-
+|[[Hermione Granger]]
+<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
+| colspan="1" rowspan="4"|[[18 June]], [[1996]]
+| colspan="1" rowspan="4"|Member of the [[D.A.]] used this spell in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]].
+|-
+|[[Harry Potter]]
+<ref name="OOTP" />
+|-
+|[[Luna Lovegood]]
+<ref name="OOTP" />
+|-
+|[[Neville Longbottom]]
+<ref name="OOTP" />
+|-
+|[[Severus Snape]]
+<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''</ref>
+|1996
+|Snape used this spell to close and lock the unusually small door behind his bookshelf in order to prevent [[Peter Pettigrew]] overhearing his conversation with [[Narcissa Malfoy]] and [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] in [[1996]].
+|}
 ===Possible uses===
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 ==Etymology==
-''Colloportus'' is composed of the prefix "collo-" deriving from Latin ''colligo'' meaning to bind together or possibly Greek ''κολλάω, κολλώ'' (collo) which means "to glue, stick" and Latin ''portus'' meaning door.
+''Colloportus'' is composed of the prefix "collo—" deriving from Latin ''colligo'' meaning to bind together or possibly Greek ''κολλάω, κολλώ'' (collo) which means "to glue, stick" and Latin ''portus'' meaning door.
 ==Appearances==
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 {{The Standard Book of Spells}}
 [[fr:Sortilège d'Emprisonnement]]
+[[pl:Colloportus]]
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 [[Category:Protective Spells]]