rŭtĭlus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. rudhiras, red, bloody; cf. Gr. ἐρυθρός; Lat. ruber, rufus].
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. 285ib.; 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.—
B Transf., shining , glittering : thorax, Val. Fl. 4, 620: columnae, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 341.