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Etymology

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From the noun bulla (bubble), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (swelling),[1][2] same source as Middle Dutch puyl (bag) and Lithuanian bule (buttocks).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bulliō (present infinitive bullīre, perfect active bullīvī or bulliī, supine bullītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bubble
  2. to boil

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of bulliō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bulliō bullīs bullit bullīmus bullītis bulliunt
imperfect bulliēbam bulliēbās bulliēbat bulliēbāmus bulliēbātis bulliēbant
future bulliam bulliēs bulliet bulliēmus bulliētis bullient
perfect bullīvī,
bulliī
bullīvistī,
bulliistī
bullīvit,
bulliit
bullīvimus,
bulliimus
bullīvistis,
bulliistis
bullīvērunt,
bullīvēre,
bulliērunt,
bulliēre
pluperfect bullīveram,
bullieram
bullīverās,
bullierās
bullīverat,
bullierat
bullīverāmus,
bullierāmus
bullīverātis,
bullierātis
bullīverant,
bullierant
future perfect bullīverō,
bullierō
bullīveris,
bullieris
bullīverit,
bullierit
bullīverimus,
bullierimus
bullīveritis,
bullieritis
bullīverint,
bullierint
passive present bullior bullīris,
bullīre
bullītur bullīmur bullīminī bulliuntur
imperfect bulliēbar bulliēbāris,
bulliēbāre
bulliēbātur bulliēbāmur bulliēbāminī bulliēbantur
future bulliar bulliēris,
bulliēre
bulliētur bulliēmur bulliēminī bullientur
perfect bullītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect bullītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect bullītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bulliam bulliās bulliat bulliāmus bulliātis bulliant
imperfect bullīrem bullīrēs bullīret bullīrēmus bullīrētis bullīrent
perfect bullīverim,
bullierim
bullīverīs,
bullierīs
bullīverit,
bullierit
bullīverīmus,
bullierīmus
bullīverītis,
bullierītis
bullīverint,
bullierint
pluperfect bullīvissem,
bulliissem
bullīvissēs,
bulliissēs
bullīvisset,
bulliisset
bullīvissēmus,
bulliissēmus
bullīvissētis,
bulliissētis
bullīvissent,
bulliissent
passive present bulliar bulliāris,
bulliāre
bulliātur bulliāmur bulliāminī bulliantur
imperfect bullīrer bullīrēris,
bullīrēre
bullīrētur bullīrēmur bullīrēminī bullīrentur
perfect bullītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect bullītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bullī bullīte
future bullītō bullītō bullītōte bulliuntō
passive present bullīre bullīminī
future bullītor bullītor bulliuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives bullīre bullīvisse,
bulliisse
bullītūrum esse bullīrī bullītum esse bullītum īrī
participles bulliēns bullītūrus bullītus bulliendus,
bulliundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
bulliendī bulliendō bulliendum bulliendō bullītum bullītū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • bullio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bullio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bullio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 202 & 750
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.