gutta

English

Wikipedia

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgətə/

Etymology

From Middle English gutta, from Latin gutta

Noun

gutta (plural guttae)

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

Translations

Doric architectural element

• Catalan: gota (ca) f
• Dutch: guttae (nl)
• French: goutte
• German: Gutta
• Hungarian: cseppdísz (hu)

• Latin: gutta (la) f
• Macedonian: гути
• Persian: آب‌چکان
• Polish: gutta (pl) f
• Swedish: gutta sg, guttae pl

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Latin

Noun

gutta (genitive guttae); f, 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

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gutta	guttae
genitive	guttae	guttārum
dative	guttae	guttīs
accusative	guttam	guttās
ablative	guttā	guttīs
vocative	gutta	guttae

Derived terms

• guttātim
• guttātus
• guttula

Descendants

• Albanian: gutë
• Catalan: gota
• English: gout, goutte
• French: goutte

• Italian: gotta
• Portuguese: gota
• Romanian: gută
• Spanish: gota

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) guota
• (Sutsilvan) guta
• (Surmiran) gotta
• (Puter, Vallader) guotta
• (Puter) aguotta

Noun

gutta f (plural guttas)

1. (carpentry, Rumantsch Grischun)