rutilo

See also: rutiló and rútilo

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin rutilus (“very red”).

Adjective

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, 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

rutilo m (plural rutili)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rutilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rutilare

References

• rutilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• “rutilo”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 280

Anagrams

• tuorli

Latin

Etymology

From rutilus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊ.tɪ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.ti.lo]

Verb

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

1. to redden
2. to glow, to shine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rutilō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rutilō		rutilās		rutilat		rutilāmus		rutilātis		rutilant
	imperfect	rutilābam		rutilābās		rutilābat		rutilābāmus		rutilābātis		rutilābant
	future	rutilābō		rutilābis		rutilābit		rutilābimus		rutilābitis		rutilābunt
	perfect	rutilāvī		rutilāvistī		rutilāvit		rutilāvimus		rutilāvistis		rutilāvērunt, rutilāvēre
	pluperfect	rutilāveram		rutilāverās		rutilāverat		rutilāverāmus		rutilāverātis		rutilāverant
	future perfect	rutilāverō		rutilāveris		rutilāverit		rutilāverimus		rutilāveritis		rutilāverint
passive	present	rutilor		rutilāris, rutilāre		rutilātur		rutilāmur		rutilāminī		rutilantur
	imperfect	rutilābar		rutilābāris, rutilābāre		rutilābātur		rutilābāmur		rutilābāminī		rutilābantur
	future	rutilābor		rutilāberis, rutilābere		rutilābitur		rutilābimur		rutilābiminī		rutilābuntur
	perfect	rutilātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rutilātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rutilātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rutilem		rutilēs		rutilet		rutilēmus		rutilētis		rutilent
	imperfect	rutilārem		rutilārēs		rutilāret		rutilārēmus		rutilārētis		rutilārent
	perfect	rutilāverim		rutilāverīs		rutilāverit		rutilāverīmus		rutilāverītis		rutilāverint
	pluperfect	rutilāvissem		rutilāvissēs		rutilāvisset		rutilāvissēmus		rutilāvissētis		rutilāvissent
passive	present	rutiler		rutilēris, rutilēre		rutilētur		rutilēmur		rutilēminī		rutilentur
	imperfect	rutilārer		rutilārēris, rutilārēre		rutilārētur		rutilārēmur		rutilārēminī		rutilārentur
	perfect	rutilātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rutilātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		rutilā		—		—		rutilāte		—
	future	—		rutilātō		rutilātō		—		rutilātōte		rutilantō
passive	present	—		rutilāre		—		—		rutilāminī		—
	future	—		rutilātor		rutilātor		—		—		rutilantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		rutilāre			rutilārī			rutilāns			—
future		rutilātūrum esse			rutilātum īrī			rutilātūrus			rutilandus
perfect		rutilāvisse			rutilātum esse			—			rutilātus
future perfect		—			rutilātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		rutilātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		rutilandī		rutilandō		rutilandum		rutilandō		rutilātum		rutilātū

Descendants

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

References

• “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.
• rutilo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rútila

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [huˈt͡ʃi.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [huˈt͡ʃi.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [χuˈt͡ʃi.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈt͡ʃi.lo/ [huˈt͡ʃi.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈti.lu/

• Hyphenation: ru‧ti‧lo

Noun

rutilo m (plural rutilos)

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

Further reading

• “rutilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈtilo/ [ruˈt̪i.lo]

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ru‧ti‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rutilo m (plural rutilos)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rutilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rutilar

Further reading

• “rutilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024