pulex
See also: Pulex
Latin
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.leks/, [ˈpuː.ɫɛks]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
| Genitive | pūlicis | pūlicum |
| Dative | pūlicī | pūlicibus |
| Accusative | pūlicem | pūlicēs |
| Ablative | pūlice | pūlicibus |
| Vocative | pūlex | pūlicēs |
Descendants
- Aragonese: pulz
- Aromanian: puric
- Asturian: pulga
- Catalan: puça
- Dalmatian: pulco
- ⇒ Esperanto: pulo
- French: puce
- → English: puce
- Friulian: pulç, pulč
- Galician: pulga
- Italian: pulce
- Mozarabic: pulč
- Norman: puche
- Occitan: piusa
- Portuguese: pulga
- Romanian: purice
- Romansch: pilesch, pelisch, pelesch, pülesch, pülsch
- Sardinian: puighi, puliche, pulige, pulighe, pulixi
- Sicilian: pùlici, puci, purci
- Spanish: pulga
- Translingual: Pulex
- Venetian: pulç, pulxo, polxe, pulexe, pułega
- Welsh: piws
References
- 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
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