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“docibleness, docility” in Latin
docilitāsdocility; gentlenesssA letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.nāvālisnavalrumexsorrelingeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character; nature; disposition, temper, inclination; intelligence, natural capacitytruncōto maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; to truncatecaudatail (animal appendage)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
docibleness, docility
docilitas (ingenii): celeritas ad discendum: *natura tractabilis (tractableness): DOCK, s.
A stump of a tail, by circumlocution trunca (litterally, mutilated) cauda (after trunca manus, Tac., Ann., 13, 14, 3): cauda parva: caudicula (a small or short tail; later only).
A station for ships, navale, and (more especially) plur., navalia: nearest to the port and docks, proximus portu navalibusque (Caes.): to come out of dock, ex navalibus deduci (Caes.).
To lay ships in dock, naves subducere (to lay them on a dry place, after the navigation is stopped by the season; but not naves trahere ad litora = to drag them to the shore against the will of the captain; as, Sall., fragment in Serv, Verg., Aen., 3, 425, of Charybdis).
The plant, rumex (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for docibleness, docility?
- The usual Latin words for “docibleness, docility” are docilitās, s, nāvālis; also rumex, ingenium, truncō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.