docilis

Latin

Etymology

From doceō (“teach”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

docilis (neuter docile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. docile, teachable
    Antonym: indocilis
  2. manageable, tractable
  3. intelligible

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative docilis docile docilēs docilia
Genitive docilis docilium
Dative docilī docilibus
Accusative docilem docile docilēs
docilīs		 docilia
Ablative docilī docilibus
Vocative docilis docile docilēs docilia

Descendants
  • Catalan: dòcil
  • English: docile
  • French: docile
  • Galician: dócil
  • Italian: docile
  • Occitan: docil
  • Portuguese: dócil
  • Romanian: docil
  • Sicilian: dòcili
  • Spanish: dócil

References
  • “docilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “docilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • docilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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