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gutta1

drop (of liquid)

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Where it lives

Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 6 · 2.89/10k
De Re Coquinaria 4 · 2.55/10k
Peristephanon Liber 4 · 2.28/10k
De Rerum Natura 9 · 1.85/10k
Rudens 2 · 1.69/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Metamorphoses 11 · 1.42/10k

Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. gutta — de Vaan

gutta 'drop (of liquid)' [f. a] (PL+) Derivatives: guttatim 'drop by drop' (PL+), guttula 'small drop' (PL). No etymology. BibL: WH I: 629, EM 286. guttur, -is 'throat' [n. r] (Naev.+; also m. Naev. to Varro) The wr-stem is difficult to explain from a known PIE inflectional type: guttur can hardly be interpreted as a uer/uen-stem> since the base is unknown. The geminate tt is also problematic: it either belongs to … — [de Vaan, s.v. gutta, p. 290]

2. gutta — Lewis & Short

gutta, ae (archaic

I gen. sing. guttaiï, Lucr. 6, 614), f. etym. dub., a drop of a fluid (cf.: stilla, stiria).

I 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.—

B Transf.

1 Guttae, natural spots, specks on animals, stones, etc.: nigraque caeruleis variari corpora (anguis) guttis, Ov. M. 4, 578; cf. id. ib. 5, 461: (apium) paribus lita corpora guttis, Verg. G. 4, 99: lapis interstinctus aureis guttis, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 29, 4, 27, § 84.—

2 In archit., a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column, drops, Vitr. 4, 3.—

II 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.

3. Gutta — Lewis & Short

Gutta, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname, Cic. Clu. 26, 71; 36, 98.

4. gutta — Walde–Hofmann

gutta, -ae f. „Tropfen; tropfenfórmige Punkte“ (seit Plaut., rom.; guitula „Tröpfchen“ seit Plt., guttätim „tropfenweise“ seit Enn., guttätus „getüpfelt“ seit Mart., guttäre, -tre „tröpfeln“ Spätl.): keine überzeugende Anknüpfung. Nach Meillet BSL. 21, 201, ErnoutMeillet 420 aus *g%,t& zu arm, kat‘, kat'n ,Tropfen* (*g*,4-; nicht zu trennen von kit‘, kt'an „Milch“, s. Petersson Heterokt 65 ff., vgl. bitümen); doch … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gutta, p. 661]

In the wild

6 of 139 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. gutta (scan pp. 290-291; entry #733). Root candidates: *gut-, *gudh-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gutta (scan p. 310; entry #4872).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gutta (scan p. 661; entry #1290). Root candidates: *geu-.

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