Volterran.

/vɒlˈtɛrə/

Etymology: < Volterra, the name of a town in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Used attributively to designate alabaster quarried in Volterra.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > gypsum > alabaster > massive fine-grained > variety

Volterra1924

1924 D. H. Lawrence in M. Magnus Mem. Foreign Legion 20 So at last coming down to the Mercato Nuovo we saw little bowls of Volterra marble, a natural amber colour, for four francs.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) vi. 183 Everybody knows Volterra marble—so called—nowadays, because of the translucent bowls of it which hang under the electric lights, as shades, in half the hotels of the world.

Derivatives

Volˈterran adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [adjective] > gypsum > alabaster

alabastrian1694

Volterrana1930

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) vi. 183 There is no love lost between a Volterran alabaster worker and the lump of pale Volterran earth he turns into pale marketable form.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	volterra
释义	Volterran. /vɒlˈtɛrə/ Etymology: < Volterra, the name of a town in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used attributively to designate alabaster quarried in Volterra. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > gypsum > alabaster > massive fine-grained > variety Volterra1924 1924 D. H. Lawrence in M. Magnus Mem. Foreign Legion 20 So at last coming down to the Mercato Nuovo we saw little bowls of Volterra marble, a natural amber colour, for four francs. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) vi. 183 Everybody knows Volterra marble—so called—nowadays, because of the translucent bowls of it which hang under the electric lights, as shades, in half the hotels of the world. Derivatives Volˈterran adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [adjective] > gypsum > alabaster alabastrian1694 Volterrana1930 a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) vi. 183 There is no love lost between a Volterran alabaster worker and the lump of pale Volterran earth he turns into pale marketable form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1924
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