docilis
Latin
Etymology
From doceō (“teach”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ki.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔːt͡ʃilis]
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Adjective
docilis (neuter docile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- docile, teachable
- Antonym: indocilis
- manageable, tractable
- 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 |
Related terms
- doceō
- docilitās
- doctor
- doctrīna
- doctus
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