ebullio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ē-bullĭo, īre, 4 (and post-class. ēbullo, āre, 1), v. n. and a.

I Neutr. , to boil up , bubble up (post-class.).

A Lit.: fontium venae ebullant, Tert. de Pall. 2.—

B Trop., to come forth bubbling , to appear boisterously : dum risus ebullit Ap. Met. 2, 30, 28.—Poet.: o si Ebullit patrui praeclarum funus! i. e. utinam patruus moriatur, Pers. 2, 10 Dübner: priusquam hujus monstri idoli artifices ebullissent, Tert. Idol. 3: de Perside, to hurry confusedly away , Vulg. 2 Mac. 1, 12.—

II Act. (class., but rare).

A Lit.: animam, i. e. to breathe out , give up the ghost , Sen. Apoc. 4, 2; Petr. 42, 3; 62, 10.—

B To produce in abundance : et ebulliet fluvius ranas, Vulg. Exod. 8, 3; cf.: os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam, id. Prov. 15, 2.—Trop.: virtutes, i. e. to boast of , Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 42 Kühn; cf. id. Fin. 5, 27, 80 (and the Gr. παφλάζειν).

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