Latin
Etymology
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
Verb
bulliō (present infinitive bullīre, perfect active bullīvī or bulliī, supine bullītum); fourth conjugation
- to bubble
- to boil
Conjugation
Conjugation of bulliō (fourth conjugation)
| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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bulliō
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bullīs
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bullit
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bullīmus
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bullītis
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bulliunt
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| imperfect
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bulliēbam
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bulliēbās
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bulliēbat
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bulliēbāmus
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bulliēbātis
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bulliēbant
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| future
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bulliam
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bulliēs
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bulliet
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bulliēmus
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bulliētis
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bullient
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| perfect
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bullīvī, bulliī
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bullīvistī, bulliistī
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bullīvit, bulliit
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bullīvimus, bulliimus
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bullīvistis, bulliistis
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bullīvērunt, bullīvēre, bulliērunt, bulliēre
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| pluperfect
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bullīveram, bullieram
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bullīverās, bullierās
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bullīverat, bullierat
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bullīverāmus, bullierāmus
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bullīverātis, bullierātis
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bullīverant, bullierant
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| future perfect
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bullīverō, bullierō
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bullīveris, bullieris
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bullīverit, bullierit
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bullīverimus, bullierimus
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bullīveritis, bullieritis
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bullīverint, bullierint
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| passive
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present
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bullior
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bullīris, bullīre
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bullītur
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bullīmur
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bullīminī
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bulliuntur
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| imperfect
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bulliēbar
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bulliēbāris, bulliēbāre
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bulliēbātur
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bulliēbāmur
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bulliēbāminī
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bulliēbantur
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| future
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bulliar
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bulliēris, bulliēre
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bulliētur
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bulliēmur
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bulliēminī
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bullientur
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| perfect
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bullītus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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bullītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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bullītus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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bulliam
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bulliās
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bulliat
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bulliāmus
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bulliātis
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bulliant
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| imperfect
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bullīrem
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bullīrēs
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bullīret
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bullīrēmus
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bullīrētis
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bullīrent
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| perfect
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bullīverim, bullierim
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bullīverīs, bullierīs
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bullīverit, bullierit
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bullīverīmus, bullierīmus
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bullīverītis, bullierītis
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bullīverint, bullierint
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| pluperfect
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bullīvissem, bulliissem
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bullīvissēs, bulliissēs
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bullīvisset, bulliisset
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bullīvissēmus, bulliissēmus
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bullīvissētis, bulliissētis
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bullīvissent, bulliissent
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| passive
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present
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bulliar
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bulliāris, bulliāre
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bulliātur
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bulliāmur
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bulliāminī
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bulliantur
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| imperfect
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bullīrer
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bullīrēris, bullīrēre
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bullīrētur
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bullīrēmur
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bullīrēminī
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bullīrentur
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| perfect
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bullītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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bullītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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bullī
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—
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—
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bullīte
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—
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| future
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—
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bullītō
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bullītō
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—
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bullītōte
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bulliuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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bullīre
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—
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—
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bullīminī
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—
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| future
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—
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bullītor
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bullītor
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—
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—
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bulliuntor
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| bullīre
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bullīrī
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bulliēns
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—
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| bullītūrum esse
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bullītum īrī
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bullītūrus
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bulliendus, bulliundus
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bullīvisse, bulliisse
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bullītum esse
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—
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bullītus
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| —
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bullītum fore
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—
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—
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| bullītūrum fuisse
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—
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—
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—
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| bulliendī
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bulliendō
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bulliendum
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bulliendō
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bullītum
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bullītū
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Derived terms
Descendants
(Note: some terms may derive from a Vulgar Latin variant *bullĕre)
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: bodhire, boddire, bodhiri, buddire, budhire, vudhire
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: bulî
- Romansch: buglir, bugleir
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bullicāre (see there for further descendants)
References
- “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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.