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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈbʊl.li.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈbul.li.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēbulliō''' (present infinitive ēbullīre, perfect active ēbullīvī or ēbulliī, supine ēbullītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ex-]] “out” and [[bulliō]] “to bubble”, from [[bulla]] “bubble”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) A post-classical ⟨ēbullō⟩ of the first conjugation is also found.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of chattering about something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Transitively, in Cicero, it meant to spout out, chatter about, and colloquially ''animam ēbullīre'' to give up the ghost, as in Seneca and Petronius.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) In Apuleius of laughter it meant to burst out, and in Tertullian to boil up, bubble up.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bubble, break forth, send out.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of water boiling or bubbling up.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''ebollire'', and its present participle gave [[en|ebullient]] in the 1590s, first “boiling”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of chattering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses ''animam ēbullīre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of laughter bursting out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1590s – English ''ebullient'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To spout out; to chatter about.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''animam ēbullīre'', to give up the ghost.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To burst out; to bubble up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēbullītiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[bulliō]]
+ * [[bulla]]
+ * [[en|ebullient]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}