alight Copy link Outline I. To get down1. descendo, di, sum, 32. dēsĭlĭo, lŭi, 4 (lit. to leap down. hence it implies rapidity or haste)II. To settle on (of winged animals) • alight: I. To get down: 1. descendo, di, sum, 3: to a. from a horse, ex equo d. (or equis, of more than one), Cic.: to a. from a chariot, a curru d., Suet.: and in gen., to a., whether from a horse or a vehicle, ad pedes d., Liv. 2. dēsĭlĭo, lŭi, 4 (lit. to leap down. hence it implies rapidity or haste): to a. from a travelling carriage, de rheda d., Cic.: to a. from horseback, ex equis d., Caes.: in gen. (cf. supr. I), to a., ad pedes d., Caes.: Hor. II. To settle on (of winged animals): insīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3: the bees a. upon the flowers, apes floribus ins., Virg.: birds of ill omen had a.'d on the Capitol, insessum diris avibus Capitolium, Tac.
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).