English → Latin
“tractable” in Latin
tractābilistractable; pliant, yielding, manageableobsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield toobsequiōsusobsequious, complaisant, complyingfacilisthat may or can be done or made; easy, facile; ready, quick, easily moving
The English word tractable itself goes back to Latin tractō, through tractābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tractable
qui regi potest (PROP. and figuratively; Vid: Sen., De Ir., 2, 15, extr.): tractabilis (Cic.; figuratively, that is easy to manage; of persons. ☞ mollis is = too yielding): obsequens, obsequiosus, alicui (that readily complies with the wish or advice of another; Plaut., Merc., 1, 2, 46; Capt., 2, 3, 58): obediens (usually with a dative of the person; humbly or servilely obedient): facilis (compliant, good-tempered).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tractable?
- The usual Latin words for “tractable” are tractābilis, obsequor, obsequiōsus; also facilis. 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.