dŏcĭlĭter

dociliter, Adv. (docilis, s. Diom. 406, 7), lehrweise, Diom. praef. in. p. 299, 2 K. Facund. defens. 10, 2.

dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [doceo], easily taught, docile.

Prop. (freq. and class.).— Absol.:

belua docilis et humanis moribus assueta,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40; id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; Liv. 23, 29; Quint. 2, 9, 3; Hor. C. 3, 11, 1; id. Carm. Sec. 45 et saep.; cf. in the comp., Quint. 1, 12, 9; 4, 2, 24.—With ad:

ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 6; Curt. 8, 31, 16; in the comp., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 56.—With abl.:

habebant luscinias Graeco atque Latino sermone docilis,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120:

omnes imitandis turpibus,

Juv. 14, 40.— Poet., with gen.:

modorum,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 43:

pravi,

id. S. 2, 2, 52:

fallendi,

skilful, Sil. 3, 233:

freni (equus),

id. 16, 360; and with inf.:

cerva accedere mensis,

id. 13, 120.—

Transf. of things:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13:

os,

id. ib. 3, 344:

et bibula chrysocolla,

Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 88: hasta relegi et relinqui, Val. Fl. 6, 237:

ingenium,

Nep. Dion. 1, 2:

pavor pascere rumorem,

Sil. 4, 8 et saep.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dŏcĭlĭter, with docility, teachably, acc. to Diom. p. 401 P.

dŏcĭlis, e, adj. [doceo], easily taught, docile.

Prop. (freq. and class.).— Absol.:

belua docilis et humanis moribus assueta,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40; id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; Liv. 23, 29; Quint. 2, 9, 3; Hor. C. 3, 11, 1; id. Carm. Sec. 45 et saep.; cf. in the comp., Quint. 1, 12, 9; 4, 2, 24.—With ad:

ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 6; Curt. 8, 31, 16; in the comp., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 56.—With abl.:

habebant luscinias Graeco atque Latino sermone docilis,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120:

omnes imitandis turpibus,

Juv. 14, 40.— Poet., with gen.:

modorum,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 43:

pravi,

id. S. 2, 2, 52:

fallendi,

skilful, Sil. 3, 233:

freni (equus),

id. 16, 360; and with inf.:

cerva accedere mensis,

id. 13, 120.—

Transf. of things:

capilli,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13:

os,

id. ib. 3, 344:

et bibula chrysocolla,

Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 88: hasta relegi et relinqui, Val. Fl. 6, 237:

ingenium,

Nep. Dion. 1, 2:

pavor pascere rumorem,

Sil. 4, 8 et saep.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dŏcĭlĭter, with docility, teachably, acc. to Diom. p. 401 P.