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LNS

recalcitrō, recalcitrāre, -, -

re, calcitro

verb (1^st conjugation)

to kick back
To deny access
To be petulant, disobedient

Abbreviations

re-calcitro, āre, v. n., to kick back (of horses); transf. (Poet.) To deny access, Hor. S. 2, 1, 20.

— (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.