ductilis

Latin

Etymology

From dūcō (“lead, guide, conduct”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduk.ti.lis/, [ˈd̪ʊkt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈduk.ti.lis/, [ˈd̪ukt̪ilis]

Adjective

ductilis (neuter ductile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That may be led, guided or conducted.
2. That may be hammered out thin; ductile.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ductilis	ductile		ductilēs	ductilia
Genitive	ductilis			ductilium
Dative	ductilī			ductilibus
Accusative	ductilem	ductile		ductilēs ductilīs	ductilia
Ablative	ductilī			ductilibus
Vocative	ductilis	ductile		ductilēs	ductilia

Related terms

Related terms

• ducālis
• ducātor
• ducātrīx
• ducātus
• duciānus
• dūcō
• ductābilitās
• ductārius
• ductim
• ductiō
• ductitō
• ductō
• ductor
• ductrīx
• ductus
• dux

Descendants

• Catalan: dúctil
• → English: ductile
• French: ductile
• → German: duktil
• Italian: duttile
• Spanish: dúctil

References

• “ductilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ductilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ductilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.