docilis

docilis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.
Proto-Italic *dokeō
Latin doceō
Proto-Indo-European *-elis
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -ilis
Latin docilis

    From doceō (“teach”) + -ilis.

    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.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative docilis docile docilēs docilia
    genitive docilis docilium
    dative docilī docilibus
    accusative docilem docile docilīs
    docilēs     		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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