recalcitro
From LSJ
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕ-calcĭtro: āre, v. n.,
I to kick back (of horses); transf.
1 (Poet.) To deny access, Hor. S. 2, 1, 20.—
2 (Late Lat.) To be petulant, disobedient: incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit, Vulg. Deut. 32, 15; cf.: majestati Augustae recalcitrans, Amm. 14, 7, 14; 15, 7, 9; 22, 11, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕcalcĭtrō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., regimber [fig.] : Hor. S. 2, 1, 20
