(adjective) : rŭtĭlus, a, um, Sanscr. rudhiras, red, bloody; cf. Gr. ἐρυθρός; Lat. ruber, rufus.
* 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.
* Transf., shining, glittering: thorax,Val. Fl. 4, 620: columnae,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 341.