rutilus

1.

rŭtĭlus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. rudhiras, red, bloody; cf. Gr. eruthros; Lat. ruber, rufus].

A.

Lit., red (inclining to golden yellow):

aurei rutili et inde etiam mulieres valde rufae rutilae dictae,

Varr. L. L. 7, 5, § 83 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 285 ib. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 14:

caput,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 35;

so of the hair,

Ov. M. 2, 319; 635; 5, 440; 6, 715 al.;

peculiar to the Germans,

Tac. G. 4; id. Agr. 11; Suet. Ner. 1:

fulgor rutilus horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

ignis,

Verg. G. 1, 454; id. A. 8, 430; Ov. M. 4, 403; 11, 436:

flammae,

id. ib. 12, 294:

ortus,

id. ib. 2, 112:

cruor,

id. ib. 5, 83:

pellis,

i.e. the golden fleece, Val. Fl. 8, 114:

metallum,

i. e. gold, Luc. 9, 364:

fontes (Pactoli),

bearing gold, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 197:

rutilae canes, id est non procul a rubro colore,

Fest. p. 285 Müll.—

B.

Transf., shining, glittering:

thorax,

Val. Fl. 4, 620:

columnae,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 341.

2.

Rŭtĭlus, i, m. [1. rutilus], a Roman surname, e. g. of the augur T. Virginius, Liv. 3, 7.