SOFFITA, or Soffit, is also used for the underside or face of an architrave; and more particularly for that of the corona or lamier, which the ancients called lacmar, the French plafond, and we usually the drip. It is enriched with compartments of roses; and in the Doric order has 18 drops, disposed in three ranks, six in each, placed to the right of the guttae, at the bottom of the triglyphs.