/ˈtɒndoʊ/
OriginFrom Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.
- A round picture or other work of art.
“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”
“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 t”
- A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- historicalA historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay
Formstondos(plural) · tondi(plural)