tractābĭlis — Lewis & Short
tractābĭlis, e, adj.tracto,
I 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, 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.