in-docilis, e, adj. 2. in-doceo. Difficult to be taught, that cannot be taught, indocile. Lit. (class): quia nimis indociles quidam tardique sunt, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12; so, hebetes et indociles homines, Quint. 1, 1, 2: hirundines, Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128.

—Poet. with gen.: pacis, Sil. 12, 726.

—With dat.: quieti, Juv. 11, 11.

—With inf.: pauperiem pati, Hor. C. 1, 1, 18: loqui, Luc. 5, 539; Sil. 13, 310: teneri, Stat. Th. 6, 313.

—Of the things to be taught: sed incredibilis quaedam ingenii magnitudo non desideravit indocilem usus disciplinam, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2.

— Transf., untaught, unlearned, ignorant (poet. and post-Aug.): genus, Verg. A. 8, 321: agricola caeli, Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 226.

—Of inanim. and abstr. things, untaught, rude: indocili numero, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 6.

—Unapt, unfit for any thing: arbores nasci alibi, quam ubi coepere, Plin. 14 prooem. init. § 1.

— * (= non doctus.) Untaught, not shown: et sciat indociles currere lympha vias, Prop. 1, 2, 12.