English → Latin
“light upon” in Latin
reperiōto find, find out, learn, realise, ascertain, discover, inventīnsideōto sit down, in or upon; to be seated or rest in or upon; to be fixed or stamped in; adhere to; to be situated upon, staarbora tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
light upon v.
To fall upon by chance, offendere aliquem or aliquid, incidere in aliquem; aliquem, or aliquid invenire, or reperire (to find).
To settle upon, insidere (e.g., arbori).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for light upon?
- The usual Latin words for “light upon” are reperiō, īnsideō, arbor. 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.