Rŭtī̆lĭus, 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-tī̆lĭānus, 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).