Rocati [Vedic rocate, ruc, Idg. *leuq, as in Lat. luceo to be bright (cp. lūx light, lūmen, lūna etc.); Sk. rocana splendid, ruci light, roka & rukṣa light; Av. raocantshining; Gr. amfi -- lu/kh twi -- light, leuko/s white; also with 1: Sk. loka world, locate to perceive, locana eye; Lith. laukti to await; Goth. liuhap light=Ohg. lioht, E. light; Oir lōche lightning. -- The Dhtp (& Dhtm) gives 2 roots ruc, viz. the one with meaning "ditti" (Dhtp 37), the other as "rocana" (Dhtp 395), both signifying "light" or "splendour," but the second probably to be taken in sense of "pleasing"] 1. to please, i. e. it pleases (with dat. of person) Th 2, 415 (rocate); Mhvs 15, 9 (nivāso rocatu). Cp. BSk. rocyate AvŚ ii.158. -- 2. to find pleasure in (loc.) Miln 338 (bhave). -- Caus. roceti: 1. to be pleased, to give one's consent DhA i.387 (gloss K rucitha ruceyyātha). <-> 2. (with acc. of object) to find pleasing, to find delight in, to be attached to, to approve of, to choose S i.41 (vadhaŋ); J i.142 (Devadattassa laddhiŋ r.); v.178 (pabbajjaŋ roc' ahaŋ=rocemi C.), 226 (kammaŋ). <-> Freq. with dhammaŋ to approve of a doctrine or scheme, e. g. at Vin ii.199 (Devadattassa dhammaŋ); S i.133; Sn 94 (asataŋ dh.), 398 (dhammaŋ imaŋ rocaye); J iv.53 (dh. asataŋ na rocayāma). -- Cp. abhi˚, ā˚, vi˚.