docilis

Latin

Etymology

From doceō (“teach”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ki.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔkɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈd̪ɔːt͡ʃilis]

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

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.