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† būlăpăthum, i, n., = βουλάπαθον, the herb patience, Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 235.

Būlarchus, i, m., = Βούλαρχος, an ancient Grecian painter, Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; 35, 8, 34, § 55.

* bulbācĕus, a, um, adj. [1. bulbus], that has bulbs, bulbous: hyacinthi radix, Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170.

bulbātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. bulbus], a forming of bulbs, v. l. for bullatio, q. v.

† bulbīnē, ēs, f., = βολβίνη, a kind of bulbous plant, Plin. 20, 9, 41, § 107; 19, 5, 30, § 95.

bulbōsus, a, um, adj. [1. bulbus], bulbous: radix, Plin. 21, 21, 90, § 158; 21, 17, 62, § 102.

bulbŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. bulbus], a small bulb, Pall. 3, 21, 3.

1. bulbus (bulbŏs), i, m. [βολβός].

  1. I. A bulb, bulbous root (tulips, hyacinths, lilies, etc.), Plin. 19, 4, 21, § 61; cf. Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 21, 5, 11, § 24; 22, 22, 32, § 67 sq.
  2. II. An onion; a garden vegetable of several kinds, among which the Megarean was the best known, Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Ov. R. Am. 797; Col. 10, 106; 4, 32, 2; Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93; in Apic. 8, 7, and in Edict. Diocl. p. 16, called bulbus fabrilis.

2. Bulbus, i, m., a Roman name, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79.
With a play on 1. bulbus, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.

† būlē, ēs, f., = βουλή, the (Greek) council, the senate, Plin. Ep. 10, 116 (117), 1; 10, 81 (85), 1; 10, 110 (111), 1; 10, 112 (113), 1.

† būleuta, ae. m., = βουλευτής, a councillor, a senātor, Plin. Ep. 10, 39 (48), 5; 10, 112 (113), 3; 10, 114 (115), 3; Spart. Sever. 17.

† būleutērĭum (-on), ii, n., = βουλευτήριον, the place where the Greek senate assembled, the senate-house: in curiā Syracusis, quem locum illi buleuterium nomine appellant, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 50: Cyzici et buleuterion vocant aedificium amplum sine ferreo clavo, etc., Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 100.

†† bulga, ae, f. [Gallic; now bougette],

  1. I. a leathern knapsack, bag: bulgas Galli sacculos scorteos appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.: bulga est folliculus omnis, quam et crumenam veteres appellarunt: et est sacculus ad bracchium pendens, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78 (Sat. 2, 16, and 6, 1); Varr. ap. Non. 78, 2 (Sat. Men. 61, 3).
  2. II. Humorously, the womb, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78, 14 (Sat. 26, 36).

Būlīmĭo, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Inscr. Fabr. 125, 35.

būlīmo, āre, āvi, ātum (βουλιμιῶ), 1, v. n., to have bulimy or insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10; Theod. Prisc. 2, 29.

būlīmōsus, a, um, adj. [bulimus], afflicted with insatiable hunger, Pelag. Vet. 10.

† būlīmus, i, m., = βούλιμος, great hunger, bulimy; hence also, weakness of the stomach, fainting, Gell. 16, 3, 9; cf. bu; Veg. 5, 34 (3, 35); 5, 37 (3, 38) (in Varr. 2, 5, 4, written as Greek).
Also written būlī-ma, ae, f., Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.

bulla, ae, f. [root vhal-; Gr. φαλ-; cf. φαλλός, φύλλον], any object swelling up, and thus becoming round; hence,

  1. I. A waterbubble, bubble: ut pluvio perlucida caelo Surgere bulla solet, Ov. M. 10, 734: crassior, Mart. 8, 33, 18; Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12; App. M. 4, p. 145, 7.
    Hence,
    1. B. Trop., a bubble, trifle; vanity: si est homo bulla, eo magis senex, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Petr. 42, 4.
  2. II. Any thing rounded by art.
    1. A. A boss, knob (upon a door, etc.): jussine in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris? Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20: bullas aureas ex valvis, auferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (by such door-studs fortunate or unfortunate days were designated, Petr. 30, 4).
    2. B. A stud in a girdle: notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri, Verg. A. 12, 942; 9, 359; Aus. Cup. Cruc. 49; Prud. Psych. 476.
    3. C. The head of a pin in the water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6, 9 sq.
  3. III. Esp., the bulla, a kind of amulet worn upon the neck (mostly of gold), orig. an ornament of the Roman triumphers, in imitation of the Tuscan kings and Lucumones (Plut. Romul. 25; Fest. s. v. sardi, p. 252), but in the more brilliant era of the Romans worn by noble youths, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152 (cf. Ascon. in h. l., acc. to whom bullae of leather were hung upon the necks of the children of freedmen); it was laid aside when they arrived at maturity, and consecrated to the Lares, Pers. 5, 30; cf.: Lares bullati, Petr. 60, 8; acc. to Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10, first hung by Tarquinius Priscus upon the neck of his son; cf. also Macr. S. 1, 6, 9 sqq.; Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 127; Liv. 26, 36, 5; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 131; Suet. Caes. 84; Flor. 2, 6, 24.
    From the Etruscan custom, called Etruscum aurum, Juv. 5, 163.
    Hence the phrase bullā dignus for childish: senior bullā dignissime, Juv. 13, 33.
    It was also hung upon the forehead of favorite animals, Ov. M. 10, 114.

bullātĭo, ōnis, f. [bullo], a bubbling, forming of pebbles, of a stone found in small detached fragments: sparsa bullatio magnetis (opp. cautes continua), Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148 Sill. and Jan. (al. bulbatio).

bullātus, a, um, adj. [bulla].

  1. I. (Acc. to bulla, I. B.) Quickly passing; acc. to others, inflated, bombastic: nugae, Pers. 5, 19.
  2. II. (Acc. to bulla, II.) Furnished with a boss or stud: cingulum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.
    Of the heavens, studded with stars: aether, Fulg. Myth. 1, p. 24 Munck.
  3. III. (Acc. to bulla, III.) Wearing a bulla about the neck: puer, Scip. Afr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10, 7: statua, of a child, Val. Max. 3, 1, 1: heres, yet a child, Juv. 14, 5; cf. Petr. 60, 8.

bullesco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [bullo], to bubble, form bubbles, Ampel. 8.

Bullĭdenses, -ienses, -īni, and -iōnes, v. Bylli-.

bullĭo, īre, v. bullo.

* bullītus, ūs, m. [bullio], the bubbling, gushing up of water: aquae, Vitr. 8, 3.

bullo, āre, and bullĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n. [bulla],

  1. I. to be in bubbling motion, to be in a state of ebullition, to bubble.
          1. (α) Form bullo, āre: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito, Cato, R. R. 105; Cels. 2, 7; 7, 4, 2; Calp. Ecl. 1, 11; Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 18; 18, 31, 74, § 317.
          2. (β) Form bullio, īre: bullientes fontes, Vitr. 8, 3; Cels. 5, 19, 28; Pers. 3, 34; Apic. 4, 119; 6, 212.
            As v. a. in part. pass.: ammoniacum cum vino et melle mittis in ollam et bullita (sodden, i. e. half-cooked) atteres, dabisque ad bibendum, Veg. 2, 17, 5 (1, 45, 5).
  2. II. Trop.: indignatione, to boil with rage, fty in a passion, App. M. 10, p. 250, 34: libidinum incendio bulliebant, Hier. ad Eustach. p. 236, 1, 1.

bullŭla, ae, f. dim. [bulla].

  1. I. A watery vesicle, Cels. 2, 5 fin.; 5, 28, n. 17.
  2. II. A small neck-ornament (bulla), Hier. in Isa. 2, 3, 18.

Byllis or Bullis, ĭdis, f., = Βυλλίς Steph., Βουλλίς Ptol.,

  1. I. a town in Grecian Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 40; Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Bullĭdenses, Caes. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 40.
    2. B. Bullien-ses, Cic. Pis. 40, 96.
    3. C. Bulliōnes, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1 (others, Bullĭdenses).
    4. D. Bulĭōnes, um, m., Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145.
  3. E. Bullīni, the inhabitants of Byllis, Liv. 44, 30, 10.