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.—
rŭtĭlus , a, um, adj. Sanscr. rudhiras, red, bloody; cf. Gr. ἐρυθρός; Lat. ruber, rufus.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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