recalcitro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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