calcitro

calcitro

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.ki.troː/, [ˈkäɫ̪kɪt̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃi.tro/, [ˈkäl̠ʲt͡ʃit̪ro]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of calcitrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calcitrō	calcitrās	calcitrat	calcitrāmus	calcitrātis	calcitrant
	imperfect	calcitrābam	calcitrābās	calcitrābat	calcitrābāmus	calcitrābātis	calcitrābant
	future	calcitrābō	calcitrābis	calcitrābit	calcitrābimus	calcitrābitis	calcitrābunt
	perfect	calcitrāvī	calcitrāvistī	calcitrāvit	calcitrāvimus	calcitrāvistis	calcitrāvērunt, calcitrāvēre
	pluperfect	calcitrāveram	calcitrāverās	calcitrāverat	calcitrāverāmus	calcitrāverātis	calcitrāverant
	future perfect	calcitrāverō	calcitrāveris	calcitrāverit	calcitrāverimus	calcitrāveritis	calcitrāverint
passive	present	calcitror	calcitrāris, calcitrāre	calcitrātur	calcitrāmur	calcitrāminī	calcitrantur
	imperfect	calcitrābar	calcitrābāris, calcitrābāre	calcitrābātur	calcitrābāmur	calcitrābāminī	calcitrābantur
	future	calcitrābor	calcitrāberis, calcitrābere	calcitrābitur	calcitrābimur	calcitrābiminī	calcitrābuntur
	perfect	calcitrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	calcitrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	calcitrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calcitrem	calcitrēs	calcitret	calcitrēmus	calcitrētis	calcitrent
	imperfect	calcitrārem	calcitrārēs	calcitrāret	calcitrārēmus	calcitrārētis	calcitrārent
	perfect	calcitrāverim	calcitrāverīs	calcitrāverit	calcitrāverīmus	calcitrāverītis	calcitrāverint
	pluperfect	calcitrāvissem	calcitrāvissēs	calcitrāvisset	calcitrāvissēmus	calcitrāvissētis	calcitrāvissent
passive	present	calcitrer	calcitrēris, calcitrēre	calcitrētur	calcitrēmur	calcitrēminī	calcitrentur
	imperfect	calcitrārer	calcitrārēris, calcitrārēre	calcitrārētur	calcitrārēmur	calcitrārēminī	calcitrārentur
	perfect	calcitrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	calcitrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calcitrā	—	—	calcitrāte	—
	future	—	calcitrātō	calcitrātō	—	calcitrātōte	calcitrantō
passive	present	—	calcitrāre	—	—	calcitrāminī	—
	future	—	calcitrātor	calcitrātor	—	—	calcitrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calcitrāre	calcitrāvisse	calcitrātūrum esse	calcitrārī	calcitrātum esse	calcitrātum īrī
participles		calcitrāns	—	calcitrātūrus	—	calcitrātus	calcitrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calcitrandī	calcitrandō	calcitrandum	calcitrandō	calcitrātum	calcitrātū

Derived terms

• calcitrātus
• calcitrō
• calcitrōsus
• recalcitrō

Descendants

• → English: calcitrate
• Sardinian: carchidare, carchitare

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), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 89