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calcitro

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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)

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References

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  • 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