bullio

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbʊl.li.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbul.li.o]

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		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	bullī		—	—	bullīte		—
active	future	—	bullītō		bullītō	—	bullītōte		bulliuntō
passive	present	—	bullīre		—	—	bullīminī		—
passive	future	—	bullītor		bullītor	—	—		bulliuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		bullīre		bullīrī		bulliēns		—
future		bullītūrum esse		bullītum īrī		bullītūrus		bulliendus, bulliundus
perfect		bullīvisse, bulliisse		bullītum esse		—		bullītus
future perfect		—		bullītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		bullītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		bulliendī	bulliendō		bulliendum	bulliendō	bullītum		bullītū

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:
- Corsican: bodda
- Italian: bollire, boglire (Tuscan)
- Neapolitan: vollere
- Sicilian: vùḍḍiri, vùgghiri
- Venetan: bojir, bugir, bojer, bójar, bogir, bóger, bógiar
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: bulî
- Romansh: buglir, bugleir
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: bójjer
- Piedmontese: beuje, buje, bujì, boje
Gallo-Romance:
- Northern:
  - Franco-Provençal: bolyir, bodre
  - Old French: boillir
    - → English: boil
    - French: bouillir
- Southern:
  - Catalan: bullir
  - Occitan: bolir
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: bullir
- Galician: bulir
- Portuguese: bulir
- Spanish: bullir
⇒ 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, 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 (2001–2026), “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[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 (2001–2026), “boil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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