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.

Translations

Doric architectural element

• Catalan: gota (ca) f
• Dutch: guttae
• French: ^{(please verify)} goutte (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Gutta
• Hungarian: cseppdísz
• Latin: gutta f
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• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} гути (guti)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} آب‌چکان
• Polish: gutta (pl) f
• Russian: ка́пелька (ru) f (kápelʹka)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} gutta sg, ^{(please verify)} guttae pl

See also

• gutta-percha

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. May be related to Old Armenian կաթն (katʻn, “milk”), or may have some connection to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡut.ta/, [ˈɡʊt̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡut.ta/, [ˈɡut̪ːä]

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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, gutter
• French: goutte
• Friulian: gote

• Galician: gota
• Italian: goccia, gota
• Portuguese: gota
• Romanian: gută
• Sardinian: guta
• Spanish: gota

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gutta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gutta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “gutta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• guttene

Noun

gutta m

1. definite plural of gutt

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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Noun

gutta f (plural guttas)

1. (carpentry, Rumantsch Grischun) nail