(cf. √ vij) cl. 7. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxix, 5]) vinákti, viṅkte (2. sg. vivekṣi, [RV. vii, 3, 4]; pf. viveca, [AV.], p. vivikvás, [RV.] aor. avaikṣīt Gr.; fut. vektā, vekṣyati, [ib.]; inf. vektum, [MBh.]; ind. -vicya. -vecam, [ŚrS.]; [Kāv.]), to sift, separate (esp. grain from chaff by winnowing), [RV.]; [AV.]; to separate from, deprive of (instr.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; to discriminate, discern, judge, [RV. iii, 57, 1] : Pass. vicyáte (aor. aveci), [AV.] &c.: Caus. -vecayati (aor. avīvicat) See vi-√ vic: Desid. vivikṣati Gr.: Intens. (or cl. 3. see [Dhātup. xxv, 12]) vevekti, [Kauś.]
[cf. Gk. εἴκω; Lat. vices &c.]