calx

calx (1) cis, f

CEL-, CER-, the heel : (forīs) calcibus insultare, T.: uti pugnis et calcibus: ferrata, the spur , V.: nudis calcibus anguem premere, Iu.: quadrupes calcibus auras Verberat, i. e. the fore-feet , V.: calce petit, kicks , H.: ferire, O.: calces remittere, to kick , N.: aut dic aut accipe calcem, take a kick , Iu.: calcemque terit iam calce, i. e. presses close in his footsteps , V.—Prov.: advorsum stimulum calces (sc. iactare), to kick against the pricks , T.