English → Latin
“kick” in Latin
calcitrōto strike with the heel (or foot); to kick (of an animal)recalcitrōto kick back (of a horse); to be disobedientmūlafemale mule, she-mule
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
kick
INTRANS., calcitrare: recalcitrare (to kick out backward, like a horse, † Hor.): also, calces remittere (Nep.).
TRANS., calce ferire aliquem (Quint., Ov.): calce petere aliquem († Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 55). To run at anybody, and kick and beat him (repeatedly), verberare aliquem, incursare pugnis calcibus (Plaut.). Kicked and beaten, concisus pugnis et calcibus (Cic.). To kick anybody out of doors, aliquem ejicere foras aedibus; aliquem protrudere foras.
kick s.
calcitratus (a kicking out; e.g., mulae, Plin.): calcis ictus (blow with the heel).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for kick?
- The usual Latin words for “kick” are calcitrō, recalcitrō, mūla. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.