I.a.
I. Neutr., to boil up, bubble up (post-class.).
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,” to hurry confusedly away, Vulg. 2 Mac. 1, 12.—
II. Act. (class., but rare).
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).