Rutulus

Rŭtŭli, ōrum, m.

I.

An ancient people of Latium, whose capital was Ardea, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 2; 1, 57; Verg. A. 1, 266; 7, 472; 795 et saep. —In sing.: Rŭtŭlus, i, m., a Rutulian:

audax,

Verg. A. 7, 409; 8, 474; 9, 65 al.— Hence, Rŭtŭlus, a, um, adj., Rutulian:

rex, i. e. Turnus,

Verg. A. 9, 728; 10, 267:

sanguis,

id. ib. 7, 318;

11, 88: acies,

id. ib. 12, 597:

caedes,

id. ib. 10, 245.—

II.

Transf. ( poet. ), the inhabitants of Saguntum, a colony of Ardea, Sil. 1, 584; 2, 541; 567 al.—

B.

In gen., of the Romans, Sil. 10, 450; 11, 165; in sing., of a Roman, id. 13, 163.