voluta

volute, scroll

noun voh-LOO-tah Rare

Origin: From Latin volvere, 'to roll'.

Also means

spiral

Usage Note

Voluta is an architectural and decorative term for the spiral scroll, especially the characteristic scroll of an Ionic capital. More broadly it can refer to any elegant spiral curl. It also exists as the past participle of volere (wanted, wished), though context clearly separates the two uses.

Examples

"La colonna è decorata con una voluta elegante."

Natural Translation

The column is decorated with an elegant scroll.

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