- recalcitro
- rĕ-calcĭtro, āre, v. n., 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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.