pulex

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (flea), with metathesis pluspuslpūl, 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) and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pūlex m (genitive pūlicis); third declension

  1. flea

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūlex pūlicēs
Genitive pūlicis pūlicum
Dative pūlicī pūlicibus
Accusative pūlicem pūlicēs
Ablative pūlice pūlicibus
Vocative pūlex pūlicēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • pulex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pulex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pulex”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray