Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-calcĭtro, āre
* To kick back (of horses); transf.
* (Poet.) To deny access, Hor. S. 2, 1, 20.
* (Late Lat.) To be petulant, disobedient: incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit,Vulg. Deut. 32, 15; cf.: majestati Augustae recalcitrans,Amm. 14, 7, 14; 15, 7, 9; 22, 11, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary