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|lshtext=<b>calcar</b>: āris, n. for carcar; cf. Sanscr. kar, [[wound]]; and Lat. [[calx]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[spur]] as [[worn]] on the [[heel]]: calcaria dicta, [[quia]] in calce hominis ligantur, ad stimulandos equos, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 6 ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; esp. freq. trop.): calcari quadrupedem agitare, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118: incendere equum calcaribus, to [[spur]] one's [[horse]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; so, concitare, Liv. 2, 6, 8; Curt. 7, 4, 18: stimulare, Val. Max. 3, 2, 9: subdere equo calcaria, Liv. 2, 20, 2; Curt. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 4: calcaribus subditis, Liv. 4, 19, 4; 4, 33, 7; Curt. 4, 16, 6: equi fodere calcaribus armos, Verg. A. 6, 881: calcaribus auferre equum, Sil. 10, 280.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[spur]], [[stimulus]], [[incitement]]: calcaribus [[ictus]] amoris, *Lucr. 5, 1074: dicebat [[Isocrates]] se calcaribus in Ephoro, [[contra]] [[autem]] in Theopompo frenis uti solere, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36: [[alter]] frenis eget, [[alter]] calcaribus, id. Att. 6, 1, 12; cf. id. Brut. 56, 204; Quint. 2, 8, 11; 10, 1, 74: [[anticipate]] [[atque]] addite [[calcar]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 13; * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217: immensum [[gloria]] [[calcar]] habet, Ov. P 4, 2, 36.—So also of the [[driving]] winds: [[ventus]] [[calcar]] admovere, Varr. ap. Non. p. 451, 29.—Prov.: addere calcaria [[sponte]] currenti, to [[spur]] a [[willing]] [[horse]], Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[spur]] on the [[leg]] of the [[cock]], Col. 8, 2, 8.
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