pulex
See also: Pulex
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi), Old Armenian լու (lu) and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pūlex m (genitive pūlicis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
ReferencesEdit
- “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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray