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.