calcitrosus

Latin

Etymology

calcitrō +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kal.kiˈtroː.sus/, [käɫ̪kɪˈt̪roːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal.t͡ʃiˈtro.sus/, [käl̠ʲt͡ʃiˈt̪rɔːs̬us]

Adjective

calcitrōsus (feminine calcitrōsa, neuter calcitrōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. kicking, apt to kick, (fig.) refractory

   Bōs calcitrōsus dēbet pungī bīnīs vicibus.

   The ox that kicks back shall be pricked twice. [proverb]

   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 2.2.26:

     Numquam stimulo lacessat juvencum, quod retrectantem calcitrosumque eum reddit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • Dig. 9.1.1
   • Dig. 21.1.4
2. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of callōsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	calcitrōsus	calcitrōsa	calcitrōsum		calcitrōsī	calcitrōsae	calcitrōsa
genitive	calcitrōsī	calcitrōsae	calcitrōsī		calcitrōsōrum	calcitrōsārum	calcitrōsōrum
dative	calcitrōsō	calcitrōsae	calcitrōsō		calcitrōsīs
accusative	calcitrōsum	calcitrōsam	calcitrōsum		calcitrōsōs	calcitrōsās	calcitrōsa
ablative	calcitrōsō	calcitrōsā	calcitrōsō		calcitrōsīs
vocative	calcitrōse	calcitrōsa	calcitrōsum		calcitrōsī	calcitrōsae	calcitrōsa

References

• “calcĭtrōsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "Calcitrosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• calcĭtrōsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 243/2: “calcĭtrōsus, a, um (calcitro 1), rueur: Col. 2, 2, 26.”