voluta

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Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ' ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ' ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of moneymoney it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes

Sophocles, Antigone, 295-297

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vŏlūta: ae, f. volvo,
I a volute or spiral scroll, as an ornament on the capitals of columns, Vitr. 4, 1; 3, 3; 7, 5.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vŏlūta, æ, f. (volvo), volute [t. d’archit.] : Vitr. Arch. 3, 5, 7.