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volokeyya
voloketi
opt 3rd sg of voloketi (verb)
- scrutinizes; examines; inspects; lit. looks down discriminatively
Built from
- vo — prefix · apart, asunder
Variant of vi-, marking the discriminative or penetrating quality of the gaze. Related to dvi "two"; conveys the sense of looking in different directions or distinguishing parts.
- lok — root · look, see
From √luc (also appearing as lok- in Pali). Cognate with Latin lucēre "to shine" and English light; the root preserves the ancient image of sight as perception by light emanation.
- e — stem · forming stem
Connecting vowel building the present stem loketi.
- yya — ending · optative ending
3rd person singular optative, marking the mood of possibility or deliberation ("might examine, should examine").
Analysis. vo- (prefix vo-, variant of vi-
Etymology. From vi- ("apart, asunder") + √luc ("to look, shine"). The prefix vi- conveys the sense of looking sharply or distinctly; √luc is cognate with Latin lucēre "to shine" and English light, the underlying imagery being sight as emission of light. The compound means "to look apart" or "to discern by looking," hence "to examine closely."