calcitrosus

Latin

Etymology

calcitrō +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative calcitrōsus calcitrōsa calcitrōsum calcitrōsī calcitrōsae calcitrōsa
Genitive calcitrōsī calcitrōsae calcitrōsī calcitrōsōrum calcitrōsārum calcitrōsōrum
Dative calcitrōsō 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.”
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