See also: Voluta

English

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a voluta (Voluta musica) shell

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From Latin voluta (a spiral scroll). See volute.

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voluta (plural volutas or volutae)

  1. (zoology) Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Latin volvo.

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voluta f

  1. (architecture) volute

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  • voluta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • voluta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /voˈlu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧ta

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Participle

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voluta f sg

  1. feminine singular of voluto

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

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voluta f (plural volute)

  1. spiral, volute, curl
  2. wreath
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Noun use of the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

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volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

  1. a spiral scroll
  2. a spiral decoration
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volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

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Etymology 2

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Participle

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volūta

  1. inflection of volūtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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volūtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus
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Verb

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volūtā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of volūtō

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  • voluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • voluta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin voluta.

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  • Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧ta

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voluta f (plural volutas)

  1. (architecture) volute

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin voluta.

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  • IPA(key): /boˈluta/ [boˈlu.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: vo‧lu‧ta

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voluta f (plural volutas)

  1. wisp (of smoke)
  2. (architecture) volute

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