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rŭtĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [1. rutilus].

  1. I. Act., to make or color reddish: comas, Liv. 38, 17: capillos, Plin. 28, 12, 51, § 191; Suet. Calig. 47; Tac. H. 4, 61 al.
  2. II. Neutr., to be reddish; transf., to have a reddish glow (poet.): aurora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 83 Müll.: arma, Verg. A. 8, 529: vellera, Val. Fl. 5, 251: caelum, Vulg. Matt. 16, 3.
    Part. pres.: rutilans color, of a reddish glow, glowing redly, Plin. 16, 11, 22, § 53; so, arva rutilantia sanguineo gyro, Stat. Th. 11, 514.
    Comp.: rutilantior auro, Ven. Carm. 8, 7, 351.

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.