tractābĭ-lĭter

tractābĭlis, e, adj. [tracto], that may be touched, handled, or taken hold of; that may be wrought, manageable, tractable (class).

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.—

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.