tractābilis e, adj. with comp. tracto, that may be handled, workable, tangible, manageable, tractable: mare nondum tractabile nanti, O.: non tractabile caelum, i. e. inclement, V.

—Fig., pliant, yielding, manageable, tractable: virtus in amicitiā tenera et tractabilis: animus nec adhuc tractabilis arte, O.: ingenium, Cu.: nihil est enim eo (filio) tractabilius.