Lewis & Short

* rĕ-calcĭtro, āre, v. n., to kick back (of horses); transf.

    1. 1. (Poet.) To deny access, Hor. S. 2, 1, 20.
    2. 2. (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.