deculco
From LSJ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Latin > English
deculco deculcare, deculcavi, deculcatus V TRANS :: tread down, crush with the feet; trample upon (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-culco: āre,
I v. a., to tread down, trample upon (post-Aug. and rare): bacas in qualo pedibus, Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 61: aspros molares, Stat. Th. 1, 362; Tert. Apol. 46.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēculcō, āre (de, calco), tr., fouler, presser : Plin. 17, 61 ; [fig.] Stat. Th. 1, 622.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-culco, āre (de u. calco), niedertreten, Plin. 17, 61. Tert. apol. 46: übtr., niederschlagen, Stat. Theb. 1, 623.
