gutta (noun F) : (archaic
* Gen. sing. guttaiï, Lucr. 6, 614), f. etym. dub., a drop of a fluid (cf.: stilla, stiria).
* Lit.: numerus quem in cadentibus guttis, quod intervallis distinguitur, notare possumus,Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: guttae imbrium quasi cruentae,id. N. D. 2, 5, 14: gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur annulus usu,Ov. P. 4, 10, 5: si ego in os meum hodie vini guttam indidi,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 30: guttam haud habeo sanguinis (prae metu),id. Most. 2, 2, 76; cf. Verg. A. 3, 28: gutta per attonitas ibat oborta genas,i. e. tears,Ov. P. 2, 3, 90: succina,i. e. amber,Mart. 6, 15, 2; the same, Phaëthontis,id. 4, 32, 1: Arabicae, perh. oil of myrrh, App. M. 2, p. 118; cf. Sid. Carm. 5, 43: sanguinis in facie non haeret gutta,i. e. no blush,Juv. 11, 54.
* Transf.
* Trop., a drop, i. e. a little bit, a little (ante-class. and very rare): gutta dulcedinis,Lucr. 4, 1060: certi consilī,Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 4.
* In archit., a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column, drops, Vitr. 4, 3.

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