ē-bullĭo
īre, 4, v. n. and a.
I.
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 App. M. 2, p. 128.—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, Vulg. 2 Mac. 1, 12.—
II.
Act. (class., but rare).
A.
Lit.: animam, 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, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 42 Kühn; cf. id. Fin. 5, 27, 80 (and the Gr. παφλάζειν).