guttusn.
/ˈɡʌtəs/ Classical Archaeology.
A narrow-necked cruet or oil-flask.
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Florence-flask1762
guttus1842
1842 A. Rich in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Roman Antiq. 141/2 Oil..was dropped upon it from a small vessel called guttus, which had a narrow neck, so as to discharge its contents drop by drop, from whence the name is taken.
1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 163 Guttus,..a vessel with a very narrow neck and mouth, by means of which liquids could be poured out drop by drop; whence its name.
1921 Brit. Mus. Return 61 Guttus of early Italian red-figure style.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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