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Gŏthi, ōrum, m., = Γόθοι,

  1. I. the Goths, the great tribe of Northern Germany: huc possem victos inde referre Gŏthos, Aus. Epigr. 3 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 1135; 1159; and scanned Gōthi, id. ib. 1162 (of the year A. D. 565). Usually regarded as the same tribe, called, at an earlier period, Gŏthō-nes or Gŏtōnes, Tac. A. 2, 62; and, Gŭtōnes, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 99; 37, 2, 11, § 35; but these were more probably the Getae, i. e. the Prussians and Lithuanians; cf. Holzmann ad Tac. G. p. 260 sq.
  2. II. Derivv.:
    1. A. Gŏthĭa, ae, f., the country of the Goths, Amm. 30, 2.
    2. B. Gŏ-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Goths, Gothic: bellum, Trebell. XXX. Tyrann. 30.
      Gothicus, i, m., a surname bestowed on the conqueror of the Goths, Inscr. Grut. 276, 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 472.

1. gutta, ae (archaic gen. sing. guttaiï, Lucr. 6, 614), f. [etym. dub.], a drop of a fluid (cf.: stilla, stiria).

  1. 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.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 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. 2. In archit., a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column, drops, Vitr. 4, 3.
  2. 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.

2. Gutta, ae, m., a Roman surname, Cic. Clu. 26, 71; 36, 98.

guttātim, adv. [gutta], by drops, drop by drop (ante- and post-class.): lacrimae guttatim cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 1 (Trag. v. 238 Vahl.): pluvia guttatim labitur, Arn. 2, 84; App. M. 3, p. 130: cor guttatim contabescit, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 92.

guttātus, a, um, adj. [id. I. B. 1.], spotted, speckled: gallinae, Mart. 3, 58, 15: equus, dappled, piebald, Pall. 4, 13, 4.

guttŭla, ae, f. dim. [gutta], a little drop (ante- and post-class.): ah, guttula pectus mihi ardens aspersisti, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 27: favorum guttulae, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 427.

guttur, ŭris, n. (ante-class.; also m. in

  1. I. acc. sing. gutturem, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 22; id. Aul. 2, 4, 25; Nov. Com. Fragm. v. 118 Rib.), the gullet, throat (cf.: faux, gula, jugulum): da meo gutturi gaudium, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 10; 49: venter gutturque resident ferias, id. Capt. 3, 1, 8: guttur homini tantum et suibus intumescit, Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 179: quis tumidum guttur miratur in Alpibus? Juv. 13, 162: (tamquam si in Alpibus gutturosos homines admireris, ubi tales sunt plurimi scilicet: nam lata et inflata colla habent, Vet. Schol. ad h. 1.): haud modicos tremulo fundens e gutture cantus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: liquidum tenui gutture cantat avis. Ov. Am. 1, 13, 8: parentis olim si quis impia manu Senile guttur fregerit, Hor. Epod. 3, 1.
    In plur.: fodere guttura cultro, Ov. M. 7, 314: laqueo ligare guttura, id. ib. 6, 135.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf., gluttony: memorabile magni Gutturis exemplum, Juv. 2, 114.
    Comically: inferior, i. e. anus, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 25.

‡ gutturnium vas, ex quo aqua in manus datur: ab eo, quod propter oris angustias guttatim fluat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.

guttŭrōsus, a, um, adj. [guttur], that has a tumor in the throat, goitred (postclass.): si quis naturā gutturosus sit, Dig. 21, 1, 12, § 2; Paul. ex Fest. 112, 2; Schol. Juv. 13, 162; cf. guttur.

gutus (less correctly guttus), i, m. [gutta], a narrow-necked vessel, flask, cruet, from which liquids (wine, oil, ointments, etc.) are poured by drops: qui vinum dabant, ut minutatim funderent, a guttis gutum appellarunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 124 Müll.: faginus, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 185; Gell. 17, 8, 5; Juv. 3, 263; 11, 158; Mart. 14, 52 in lemm.: cum paterā gutus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 118.