English → Latin
“alight” in Latin
dēscendōto climb down, to go or come down, to descend; to march down; to pierce, to penetratedēcidōto fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down; to die, fall dead; to sink, perishferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a death
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alight
descendere: 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).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alight?
- The usual Latin words for “alight” are dēscendō, dēcidō, feriō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.