See also: rutiló and rútilo

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈru.ti.lo/
  • Rhymes: -utilo
  • Hyphenation: rù‧ti‧lo

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Classical Latin rutilus (having a warm or yellowish red colo(u)r; strawberry blonde, adjective), of uncertain origin.

Adjective

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rutilo (feminine rutila, masculine plural rutili, feminine plural rutile) (literary)

  1. having a vibrant red colo(u)r
    • 1604, Gio[vanni] Soranzo, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Dell'Adamo[1], Genua: Giuseppe Pavoni, page 24:
      A cotesto tuo crespo, e lucido oro,
      che ſembra fiamma rutila e ſottile,
      Altro non manca, che ’l diuin decoro
      [A cotesto tuo crespo e lucido oro,
      che sembra fiamma rutila e sottile,
      altro non manca che 'l divin decoro]
      This wavy, bright gold of yours, which looks like a red, thin flame, lacks nothing but divine dignity
  2. (rare) flushed (of a face)
  3. (rare) reddened (of the sunset sky)
  4. shining, glowing
    • 1807, Vincenzo Monti, [untitled poem]; republished as “Ode genetliaca in occasione del parto di S[ua] A[ltezza] I[mperiale] la Vice-regina d'Italia, e del decreto 14. marzo su i licei convitti [Birth ode, on the occasion of the childbirth of Her Imperial Majesty the Vice-queen of Italy, and of the decree of March 14 on boarding schools]”, in Opere del cavaliere Vincenzo Monti, volume 2, Bologna: Stamperia delle Muse, 1827, page 152:
      E della luce il provvido
      Eterno padre e fonte
      Di vegetanti palpiti
      Empie la valle e il monte,
      E ne’ corpi col rutilo
      Strale la vita saettando va.
      And the provident father, source of vegetable throbs, fills the valley and the mountain with light, and life darts around inside the bodies with its shining arrow.
  5. (rare) dazzling (of thunderbolt)

Noun

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rutilo m (plural rutili)

  1. (uncountable) vermilion (colo(u)r)
  2. (ichthyology) roach
  3. (mineralogy) rutile

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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rutilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rutilare

References

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From rutilus.

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Verb

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rutilō (present infinitive rutilāre, perfect active rutilāvī, supine rutilātum); first conjugation

  1. to redden

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: rutilar
  • Galician: rutilar
  • Portuguese: rutilar
  • Spanish: rutilar

References

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  • rutilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rutilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rutilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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  • Hyphenation: ru‧ti‧lo

Noun

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rutilo m (plural rutilos)

  1. intense shine, brightness
  2. (mineralogy) rutile (mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ruˈtilo/ [ruˈt̪i.lo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Syllabification: ru‧ti‧lo

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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rutilo m (plural rutilos)

  1. rutile (mineral)
  2. roach (fish)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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rutilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rutilar

Further reading

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