tondo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.
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Noun edit
tondo (plural tondos or tondi)
- A round picture or other work of art.
- 1983, Rudolf Arnheim, The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 135:
- As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.
- 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
- In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]
Translations edit
a round work of art
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Further reading edit
- tondo (art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Noun edit
tondo
Declension edit
Inflection of tondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tondo | tondot | ||
genitive | tondon | tondojen | ||
partitive | tondoa | tondoja | ||
illative | tondoon | tondoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tondo | tondot | ||
accusative | nom. | tondo | tondot | |
gen. | tondon | |||
genitive | tondon | tondojen | ||
partitive | tondoa | tondoja | ||
inessive | tondossa | tondoissa | ||
elative | tondosta | tondoista | ||
illative | tondoon | tondoihin | ||
adessive | tondolla | tondoilla | ||
ablative | tondolta | tondoilta | ||
allative | tondolle | tondoille | ||
essive | tondona | tondoina | ||
translative | tondoksi | tondoiksi | ||
abessive | tondotta | tondoitta | ||
instructive | — | tondoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *tundus, back-derived from Late Latin retundus, whence older Italian ritondo.
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tondo (feminine tonda, masculine plural tondi, feminine plural tonde)
Noun edit
tondo m (plural tondi)
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tondo
- to thank
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian tondo.
Noun edit
tondo n (plural tondouri)
Declension edit
Declension of tondo
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tondo | tondoul | (niște) tondouri | tondourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) tondo | tondoului | (unor) tondouri | tondourilor |
vocative | tondoule | tondourilor |