bullo, āre, and bullĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n. [bulla],
I to be in bubbling motion , to be in a state of ebullition , to bubble.
α Form bullo, āre: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito, Cato R. R. 105; Cels. 2, 7; 7, 4, 2; Calp. Ecl. 1, 11; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18; 18, 31, 74, § 317.—
β Form bullio, īre: bullientes fontes, Vitr. 8, 3; Cels. 5, 19, 28; Pers. 3, 34; Apic. 4, 119; 6, 212.—As v. a. in part. pass. : ammoniacum cum vino et melle mittis in ollam et bullita ( sodden , i. e. half-cooked ) atteres, dabisque ad bibendum, Veg. 2, 17, 5 (1, 45, 5).—
II Trop.: indignatione, to boil with rage , fly in a passion , Ap. Met. 10, 24, 26; libidinum incendio bulliebant, Hier. ad Eustach. p. 236, 1, 1.