(adjective) : tractābĭlis, e, 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.