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Proper noun

Voluta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Volutidae – medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the volutes.

English

Noun

voluta ‎(plural volutas or volutae)

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

See also

• voluta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• voluta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

voluta

1. feminine singular of voluto

Etymology 2

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

Noun

voluta f ‎(plural volute)

1. spiral, volute
2. wreath

Related terms

• volta

Anagrams

• valuto, valutò

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

voluta

1. a spiral scroll
2. a spiral decoration

Descendants

Etymology 2

Participle

voluta

1. nominative feminine singular of volūtus
2. nominative neuter plural of volūtus
3. accusative neuter plural of volūtus
4. vocative feminine singular of volūtus
5. vocative neuter plural of volūtus

volūtā

1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus

Descendants

• Istriot: vuolta
• Italian: volta
• Spanish: vuelta

Etymology 3

Verb

volūtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of volūtō

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin voluta.

Noun

voluta f ‎(plural volutas)

1. wisp (of smoke)