docilis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From doceō (“teach”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ki.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔːt͡ʃilis]
Adjective edit
docilis (neuter docile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- docile, teachable
- Antonym: indocilis
- manageable, tractable
- intelligible
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.