calcitro

Latin > English

calcitro calcitrare, calcitravi, calcitratus V INTRANS :: kick with heels, kick; be refractory; resist; kick convulsively (dying)
calcitro calcitro calcitronis N F :: one that kicks/is inclined to kick with heels, kicker

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

calcĭtro: āre, v. n. 1 calx.
I Lit., to strike with the heels, to kick, of animals (very rare), Plin. 30, 16, 53, § 149; cf. calcitratus.—
   B Trop, to resist, to be stubborn or refractory: calcitrat, respuit, * Cic. Cael. 15, 36.—
   C Prov.: calcitrare contra stimulum, to kick against the pricks, Amm. 18, 5, 1; Vulg. Act. 9, 5; 26, 14; cf. 1. calx. —*
II In gen., to strike convulsively with the feet, of one dying, Ov M. 12, 240.
calcĭtro: ōnis, m. 1. calcitro.
I One who strikes with his heels, a kicker: equus mordax, calcitro, Varr. ap. Non. p. 45, 2 (Sat. Men. 81, 3).—
II Of men, a boisterous fellow, a blusterer, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) calcĭtrō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre (calx 1), intr., ruer, regimber : Plin. 30, 149 || [fig.] se montrer récalcitrant : Cic. Cæl. 36 || [prov.] calcitrare contra stimulum Amm. 18, 5, 1, regimber contre l’aiguillon.
(2) calcĭtrō,¹⁶ ōnis, m., qui rue, qui regimbe : Varro Men. 479 || qui frappe (les portes) à coups de pieds : Pl. As. 391.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) calcitro¹, āvī, ātum, āre (1. calx), hinten ausschlagen, v. Tieren, Plin. 30, 149: v. einem Sterbenden, Ov. met. 12, 240. – Sprichw., calcitrare contra acumina od. contra stimulum, wider den Stachel löcken, Amm. 18, 5, 1 (c. ac.). Vulg. act. apost. 9, 5 u. 26, 14 (c. st.). Augustin. serm. 116, 7 (c. st.). – Übtr., calcitrat (er sträubt sich), respuit, non putat tua dona esse tanti, Cic. Cael. 36.
(2) calcitro², ōnis, m. (calcitrare), I) der heftig hinten ausschlägt, equus, ein Schläger, Varr. sat. Men. 479: asinus, Apul. met. 8, 25. – II) mit den Fersen heftig an die Tür tretend, ein Anpolterer, Plaut. asin. 391.

Latin > Chinese

calcitro, as, are. n. :: 踢脚。逆
calcitro, onis. m. :: 踢者