What is the Latin word for ductile?

The usual Latin words for “ductile” are ductilis, flexibilis, flexilis; also lentus, tractābilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“ductile” in Latin

ductilisThat may be led, guided or conducted.; That may be hammered out thin; ductile.flexibilisflexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable, pliant; fickle, wavering, inconstant flexilispliant, pliable, supple, flexible; bent, curved lentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible, pliant tractābilistractable; pliant, yielding, manageable

The English word ductile itself goes back to Latin ductilis.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

ductile adj.

Easy to be drawn out into length, ductilis (Plin.).

Flexible, flexibilis (Ov.); flexilis (Plin.); lentus (Verg.).

Tractable, flexibilis; tractabilis (Plin.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for ductile?: The usual Latin words for “ductile” are ductilis, flexibilis, flexilis; also lentus, tractābilis. 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.