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vineti

pr 3rd sg of vineti (verb)

1. trains; instructs; educates; enjoins; lit. leads
2. (of anger) curbs; stills; controls; lit. leads away
3. guides (in); leads (to)
4. removes; gets rid (of); lit. leads away

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix marking separation or direction. Here it shapes neti (lead) into the sense of leading away or directing distinctly, as in training that separates the untrained from the trained.
• ne — root · lead, guide
  Root √neti (to lead, guide). Related to Sanskrit neti; cognate with Latin dūcere and English lead, all from the Indo-European root *deuk- (to lead).
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Present indicative ending -ti marks 3rd person singular active voice, indicating a current or timeless action.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder) + √neti (to lead). The prefix vi- gives the sense of leading away or apart: concrete imagery of separating or directing something in different directions becomes the abstract sense of training, guiding, or removing. Sanskrit equivalent vyanayati; cognates in Latin dūcere (to lead; duc- in education, educate) and English lead, though the Pali retains the distinctive vi- prefix absent from those cognates.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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