Tractabilis, & hoc tractabile, pe. cor. Cic.Tractable: that may be intreated: that may be handled: easie to handle: pliant.Non tractabile cœlam. Vi. An intollerable wether or seasõ.Homo tractabilis.Plin. iun.A man that may easily bee ordered.Mare nondum tractabile nanti.Ouid.The sea not yet tollerable to saile on.Pelagus tractabile. Pli. A caulme sea, tollerable to saile on.Pondus vix tractabile.Stat.Virtus in amicitia renera est atque tractabilis. Cice. Nihil est co tractabilius. Ci. No man in the worlde is more tractable or gentle to order than he is.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tractābĭlis, e, adj. [tracto], that may be touched, handled, or taken hold of; that may be wrought, manageable, tractable (class). I.Lit.: tractabile omne necesse est esse, quod natum est, Cic. Univ. 4 med.: materies, Vitr. 2, 9 fin.: tofi in opere, Plin. 36, 22, 48, 167: Italicum genus falcium vel inter vepres, id. 18, 28, 67, 261: folium, id. 21, 17, 68, 108: pondus, i. e.
portable
, Stat. S. 5, 1, 84: est mare, confiteor, nondum tractabile nanti, Ov. H. 19, 71; cf.: non tractabile caelum, i. e.
inclement
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stormy
, Verg. A. 4, 53: vox,
tractable
,
flexible
, Quint. 11, 3, 40. — Comp.: ulcera tractabiliora fieri, Plin. 30, 13, 39, 117.—II.Trop., pliant, yielding, manageable, tractable: virtus est cum multis in rebus, tum in amicitiā tenera et tractabilis, Cic. Lael. 13, 48: nullis ille movetur Fletibus aut voces ullas tractabilis audit, Verg. A. 4, 439: impatiens animus nec adhuc tractabilis arte, Ov. R. Am. 123: mite ac tractabile ingenium, Curt. 3, 2, 17: quod te tam tractabilem video, ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 24, 1.—Comp.: nihil est enim eo (filio) tractabilius, Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3: Agrippa nihilo tractabilior, Suet. Aug. 65 fin.; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 10.—Adv.: tractābĭ-lĭter, without opposition, tractably (very rare): tractabilius, Gell. 6, 2, 8.