pulex
See also: Pulex
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“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) and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.ɫɛks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.leks]
Noun
editpūlex m (genitive pūlicis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
genitive | pūlicis | pūlicum |
dative | pūlicī | pūlicibus |
accusative | pūlicem | pūlicēs |
ablative | pūlice | pūlicibus |
vocative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Insular Romance:
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Northern:
- Southern:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “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