docilitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dŏcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [docilis], aptness for being taught, docility.

I Prop., Cic. Sest. 42, 91; id. Fin. 5, 13, 36; Nep. Att. 1, 3; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; 8, 42, 64, § 157: ad omnes fere artes, Suet. Tit. 3.—*

II Transf., in a moral sense, gentleness , Eutr. 10, 4.

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