rutulus

rutul-us, Nbnschrbws rutilus /.

▷ rutil-us uit.-lat. 'blond' On the traditional view an unexplained derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), whence also rubeō, ruber, rōbus, rōbur, rūfus, russus.

More recently, Prósper cites Schaffner 2016–2017 in seeing it as continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₂ruti-, from *h₂rew- (“to shine”), whence also the gentilic name Rutīlius, the tribal name Rutēnī, Venetic Rutius (patronymic) and Old Irish ruithen (“a gleam, shining”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ti.lus/, [ˈrʊt̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ti.lus/, [ˈruːt̪ilus]

Adjective

rutilus (feminine rutila, neuter rutilum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of a warm or yellowish red colour, ruddy
2. strawberry blonde

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rutilus	rutila	rutilum		rutilī	rutilae	rutila
Genitive	rutilī	rutilae	rutilī		rutilōrum	rutilārum	rutilōrum
Dative	rutilō		rutilō		rutilīs
Accusative	rutilum	rutilam	rutilum		rutilōs	rutilās	rutila
Ablative	rutilō	rutilā	rutilō		rutilīs
Vocative	rutile	rutila	rutilum		rutilī	rutilae	rutila

Derived terms

• rutilō