gutta

English
Frontal view of a group of six guttae forming a regula beneath a triglyph.
View of a group of eighteen guttae on the underside of a mutule.

Etymology

From Middle English gutta, from Latin gutta. Doublet of goutte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌtə/

Noun

gutta (plural guttae or guttas)

  1. (architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.
  2. A small round spot of colour.

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. May be related to Old Armenian կաթն (katʿn, “milk”). More probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd, to pour. Terms derived from this root are Germanic *geutaną and German gießen with the same meaning.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡut.ta/, [ˈɡʊt.ta]

Noun

gutta f (genitive guttae); first declension

  1. a drop (of fluid)
  2. (in the plural) spots or specks (of an animal or stone)
  3. (architecture) a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gutta guttae
Genitive guttae guttārum
Dative guttae guttīs
Accusative guttam guttās
Ablative guttā guttīs
Vocative gutta guttae

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • gutta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gutta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gutta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gutta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gutta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • gutta in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

gutta m

  1. definite plural of gutt

Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

gutta f (plural guttas)

  1. (carpentry, Rumantsch Grischun) nail
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