bullesco

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [bʊlˈleːs.koː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [bulˈlɛs.ko]^[1]

Forms

bullēscō (present infinitive bullēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin bulla (“bubble”) + -ēscō, an inchoative verb, and Lewis & Short connect it with bullō.^[2][3][1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs only in Ampelius' Liber memorialis.^[3][5]

Semantic evolution

It meant to bubble, form bubbles or globules.^[2][3][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To bubble, form bubbles.^[2][3]

Related words

• bulla
• bulliō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.