I.that may be touched, handled, or taken hold of; that may be wrought, manageable, tractable (class).
I. 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.—
II. 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.
