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pūlēĭum or pūlĕgĭum (Ser. Samm. 1, 18; Cels. 2, 32, 2), ii, n.,
I.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.
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