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Rŭtī̆lĭus, i, m. [rutilus, cf. Fest. p. 264 and 265 Müll.],

  1. I. name of a Roman gens.
      1. 1. P. Rutilius Rufus, consul A. U. C. 649, an orator, jurist, and historian, Cic. Brut. 29 sq. Ellendt; Suet. Aug. 89; Quint. 5, 2, 4; 11, 1, 12.
      2. 2. P. Rutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 9, 2, 102; 9, 3, 89.
        Hence,
  2. II. Rŭ-tī̆lĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rutilius: constitutio, Gai. Inst. 4, 35 (but in Cic. Brut. 23, 89, the correct reading is Rutilii narratione).

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

    1. 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.
    2. 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.