rŭtĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [1. rutilus]. I. Act., to make or color reddish: comas
, Liv. 38, 17: capillos
, Plin. 28, 12, 51, 191; Suet. Calig. 47; Tac. H. 4, 61 al.— II. Neutr., to be reddish; transf., to have a reddish glow (poet.): aurora, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 83 Müll.: arma
, Verg. A. 8, 529: vellera
, Val. Fl. 5, 251: caelum
, Vulg. Matt. 16, 3.—Part. pres.: rutilans color
, of a reddish glow
, glowing redly
, Plin. 16, 11, 22, 53; so, arva rutilantia sanguineo gyro
, Stat. Th. 11, 514.—Comp.: rutilantior auro, Ven. Carm. 8, 7, 351.