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suvinīto

suvinīta

masc nom sg of suvinīta (adj)

1. well trained; well disciplined; well educated (in)

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  Indo-European eu-, marking what is done rightly or easily. Here intensifying the adjective.
• vi — prefix · apart, with clarity
  Marks thorough, clear action. In vinīta, it intensifies the sense of proper training or disciplining.
• nī — root · to lead, conduct
  Cognate with Latin ducere, English lead. Here with vi-, suggesting leading someone through proper instruction.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Masculine nominative singular -ta ending marks a completed action; 'one who has been trained/led'.

Etymology. su- (well, good; cognate with Greek eu- as in eulogy) + vinīta (trained, disciplined, past participle of vineti, to train). The root is vi- (apart, asunder, with intensive clarity) + √nī (to lead), literally 'leading apart' or 'training thoroughly'; cognate with Latin ducere (to lead), English lead.

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

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