noun · masculinethird declension
pūlex
pūlex m (genitive pūlicis)
Classical[ˈpuː.ɫɛks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.leks]
Meaning
- flea
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
| genitive | pūlicis | pūlicum |
| dative | pūlicī | pūlicibus |
| accusative | pūlicem | pūlicēs |
| ablative | pūlice | pūlicibus |
| vocative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
pūlex, ĭcis, m.
I. A flea, Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155; 22, 20, 23, § 49; 30, 10, 25, § 85; cf. id. 9, 47, 71, § 154; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 13; Cels. 6, 7, 9; Col. 8, 5; Mart. 14, 83.—
II. The ground-flea or spring-tail (an insect that gnaws the plant ocimum), Col. poët. 10, 321:
innascuntur napis, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177.Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“flea”), with metathesis plus → pusl → pūl, with a suffix -ex, -icis also found in cīmex (“bug”) and culex (“gnat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi), Old Armenian լու (lu), Lithuanian blusa, and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).
Insular Romance
- Sardinianpuighi
- Sardinianpuliche
- Sardinianpulige
- Sardinianpulighe
- Sardinianpulixi
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchpucefrom Old French pulce
- Catalanpuçafrom Old Catalan pulç
- Catalanpulçafrom Old Catalan pulç
- Dauphinoispusifrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Forézienpiusifrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Forézienpusifrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Forézienpiòsafrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Lyonnaispusifrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Valdôtainpôisefrom Franco-Provençal puge
- Valdôtainpuougifrom Franco-Provençal puge
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpulice
- Italianpulce
- Dalmatianpulco
- Central Italianpulcefrom Italian pulice
- Central Italianpurgefrom Italian pulice
- Central Italianpurcefrom Italian pulice
- Central Italianpurgiafrom Italian pulice
- Tuscanpucefrom Italian pulice
- Tuscanpulcefrom Italian pulice
- Tuscanpuicefrom Italian pulice
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianpurice
- Aromanianpuric
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianpulç
- Friulianpulč
- Ladinpulis
- Ladinpulin
- Romanshpilesch
- Romanshpelisch
- Romanshpelesch
- Romanshpülesch
- Romanshpülsch
Gallo-Italic
- Ligurianprûxa
- Ligurianpurxa
- Franco-Provençalpulasfrom Lombard pùles
- Piedmontesepùlesfrom Lombard pùles
- Piedmontesepùresfrom Lombard pùles
- Piedmontesepurs
- Piedmontesepuls
- Piedmonteseprus
- Romagnolpólxa
Ibero-Romance
- ⇒ Ribagorçanpulçafrom Aragonese pulz
Borrowings
- Esperantopulo
- TranslingualPulex