[ˈpuː.ɫɛks], [ˈpuː.leks]
OriginFrom 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).
Formspūlex(canonical, masculine) · pūlicis(genitive) · pūlex(nominative, singular) · pūlicēs(nominative, plural) · pūlicis(genitive, singular) · pūlicum(genitive, plural) · pūlicī(dative, singular) · pūlicibus(dative, plural) · pūlicem(accusative, singular) · pūlicēs(accusative, plural) · pūlice(ablative, singular) · pūlicibus(ablative, plural) · pūlex(singular, vocative) · pūlicēs(plural, vocative)