LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

docilitās

docilitās f (genitive docilitātis)

Meaning

  1. docility
  2. gentleness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedocilitāsdocilitātēs
genitivedocilitātisdocilitātum
dativedocilitātīdocilitātibus
accusativedocilitātemdocilitātēs
ablativedocilitātedocilitātibus
vocativedocilitāsdocilitātēs

dŏcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. docilis,
I. aptness for being taught, docility.
I. Prop., Cic. Sest. 42, 91; id. Fin. 5, 13, 36; Nep. Att. 1, 3; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; 8, 42, 64, § 157: ad omnes fere artes, Suet. Tit. 3.—*
II. Transf., in a moral sense, gentleness, Eutr. 10, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin docilitās From docilis + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalandocilitat
  • Englishdocility
  • Frenchdocilité
  • Italiandocilità
  • Portuguesedocilidade
  • Romaniandocilitate
  • Spanishdocilidad
  • Galiciandocilidade

In English words that came into English from docilitās

  • docilitydocilitās

Quick answers

What does docilitās mean in Latin?
docilitās, a noun, means “docility; gentleness”.
What is the genitive of docilitās?
The genitive singular is docilitātis. docilitās is feminine, third declension.