ALIGHT Copy link • ALIGHTdescendere: from one’s horse, ex equo: to alight hastily, desilire ex equo [Vid: DISMOUNT]: from one’s carriage, ex or de rheda descendere. Of a bird, devoIare (to fly down: in aliquem locum; from de): to alight there, devolare illuc: in terram decidere (Ov.). To alight at anybody’s house (as a guest), devertere ad aliquem; devertere ad aliquem in hospitium. Fall upon, decidere (in aliquid; e.g., imber in terram): ferire (strike).