Lewis & Short

ē-bullĭo, īre, 4 (and post-class. ēbullo, āre, 1), v. n. and a.

  1. I. Neutr., to boil up, bubble up (post-class.).
    1. A. Lit.: fontium venae ebullant, Tert. de Pall. 2.
    2. 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.
  2. II. Act. (class., but rare).
    1. A. Lit.: animam, i. e. to breathe out, give up the ghost, Sen. Apoc. 4, 2; Petr. 42, 3; 62, 10.
    2. 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).