docilis

Latin

Etymology

From doceō (“teach”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ.kɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔː.t͡ʃi.lis]

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

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.