gutta
/ˈɡʌtə/
noun
- A drop of liquid, especially one used in medicine or as a measure.
- In ancient Rome, a gutta of water was used as a basic unit of volume.
- He measured out a single gutta of the essential oil for the diffuser.
- The doctor prescribed a gutta of the solution to be applied to the eye each night.
- A small, drop-like ornament used in classical architecture, especially on the underside of a triglyph or mutule.
- Architecture students learned to identify the gutta as a distinctive feature of Doric order.
- The ancient temple's frieze was decorated with rows of gutta beneath the triglyphs.
- The museum's model showed the gutta carved in stone, each one perfectly aligned.