calcitro

Latin

Etymology

From *calcitrum (heel strike) (from calx (heel) +‎ -trum, compare tālitrum) +‎ .[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

calcitrō (present infinitive calcitrāre, perfect active calcitrāvī, supine calcitrātum); first conjugation

  1. to strike with the heel (or foot)
  2. to kick (of an animal)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: calcitrare
  • Old French: chaucirer
  • Sardinian: carchidare, carchitare
  • English: calcitrate

References

  • calcitro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calcitro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calcitro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “calx”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 89