alight
From LSJ
Ἑκὼν σεαυτὸν τῇ Κλωθοῖ συνεπιδίδου παρέχων συννῆσαι οἷστισί ποτε πράγμασι βούλεται. Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον → Be willing to give yourself up to Clotho, letting her spin to whatever ends she pleases. All is ephemeral—both memory and the object of memory (Marcus Aurelius 4.34f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
dismount, from chariot, etc.: Ar. and P. καταβαίνειν, P. and V. ἀποβαίνειν, ἐκβαίνειν.
from a horse, etc.: Ar. and P. καταβαίνειν.
of a bird, insect, etc.: P. ἵζειν.
alight on, of a bird, etc.: P. ἐνίζειν (dat.), V. προσιζάνειν (πρός, acc.), Ar. ἐφέζεσθαι (dat.).
alight on, generally: see light on.
