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pūlĕgĭum, ii, v. puleium.

pūlēiātus, a, um, adj. [puleium], furnished or seasoned with pennyroyal: porca, Veg. Vet. 3, 76.
Subst.: pūlēiātum, i, n. (sc. vinum), pennyroyal wine, Lampr. Elag. 19.

pūlēĭum or pūlĕgĭum (Ser. Samm. 1, 18; Cels. 2, 32, 2), ii, n., fleabane, fleawort, pennyroyal: mentha pulegium, Linn.; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Col. 12, 35 fin.; 12, 57, 1; Pall. 12, 22, 1; Mart. 12, 32, 19; Ser. Samm. 1, 18.
On account of its pleasant odor, transf.: ad cujus rutam pulegio mihi tui sermonis utendum, i. e. the pleasantness of your discourse, Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 2.

pūlex, ĭcis, m.

  1. I. A flea, Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155; 22, 20, 23, § 49; 30, 10, 25, § 85; cf. id. 9, 47, 71, § 154; Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 13; Cels. 6, 7, 9; Col. 8, 5; Mart. 14, 83.
  2. II. The ground-flea or spring-tail (an insect that gnaws the plant ocimum), Col. poët. 10, 321: innascuntur napis, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177.