The corpus record — Latin

calcitro1

calcitro1 · v. n

to strike with the heels

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Where it lives

Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. calcĭtro — 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.

2. calcĭtro — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

calcitrat Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 36.p2
calcitronem Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.25
calcitratus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.44
calcitro Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.2.5
calcitraret Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 18.5.1
calcitrat Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.40

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Where it came from

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