Rutilius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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

I name of a Roman gens.

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 P. Rutilius Lupus, a rhetorician in the time of Augustus and Tiberius , Quint. 9, 2, 102; 9, 3, 89.—Hence,

II Rŭ-tĭ_lĭānus , 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).