Rutuli, ōrum, m. An ancient people of Latium, whose capital was Ardea, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 2; 1, 57; Verg. A. 1, 266; 7, 472; 795 et saep.

—In sing.: Rutulus, i, m., a Rutulian: audax, Verg. A. 7, 409; 8, 474; 9, 65 al.

— Hence, Rutulus, a, um, adj., Rutulian: rex, i. e. Turnus, Verg. A. 9, 728; 10, 267: sanguis, id. ib. 7, 318; 11, 88: acies, id. ib. 12, 597: caedes, id. ib. 10, 245.

— Transf. (poet.), the inhabitants of Saguntum, a colony of Ardea, Sil. 1, 584; 2, 541; 567 al.

— In gen., of the Romans, Sil. 10, 450; 11, 165; in sing., of a Roman, id. 13, 163.