tractabilis Latin · revision 33591

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [trakˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [trakˈtaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tractābilis''' (neuter tractābile, comparative tractābilior, adverb tractābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Comparative ''tractābilior''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tractō|-bilis|t1=to handle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|tractō]] as derived from [[m|la|tractus]], the past participle of [[m|la|trahō|t=to draw, drag]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*traχe/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose translation of Plato's ''Timaeus'' says that whatever is born must be bodily, visible and tangible: ''corporeum et aspectabile idemque tractabile''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is able to be handled, tangible.^(OLD 2012) Of materials and tools it is easy to handle or work, as Vitruvius' timber suited to indoor work and Pliny the Elder's tufa,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and of conditions or problems easy to deal with, as Virgil's sky that cannot yet be dealt with.^(OLD 2012) Of persons it means tractable, amenable, pliant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is manageable or pliant.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|tractable]], first of persons and animals, dates from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of what can be touched.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of timber easy to work.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of an unmanageable sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|tractable]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That can be handled, [[m|en|tangible]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Easy to handle or work, manageable; of conditions, easy to deal with.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of persons: [[m|en|tractable]], amenable, [[m|en|pliant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intractābilis]]

+ * [[tractābilitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tractō]]

+ * [[trahō]]

+ * [[en|tractable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}