ton [2] : 1. Étymologiquement et proprement, tension... Définition dans le Littré, dictionnaire de la langue française. Texte intégral, sans publicité ni brimborions. Définition, avec citations, historique littéraire et étymologie.
ETH-Bibliothek (NEBIS). Lehmann, Johann August Otto Leopold: Allgemeiner Mechanismus des Periodenbaues, nebst einem Versuche, an ihn eine Kritik der Deutschen Periode anzuknüpfen. Danzig : Verlag von S. Anhuth, 1833
Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD16); Titel: EXEMPLVM COPIAE VERBORVM AB ERASMO lib. I. cap. 33 propositum. TVAE LITERAE magnopere me delectarunt. ACCOMMODATVM AD REGVLAS DE COPIA VERBORVM et ad omnes propemodum figuras ... Siegfridus Saccus., Magdeburg : Kirchner, Wolfgang, 1567
13 The addition of a superlative suffix, however, does not necessarily produce a more offensive insult. It looks as though superlatives can be either more or less offensive than positives or can remain at the same level of strength
potentissimum — clarissimi] saepe Cicero cumulandis superlativis vim sententiae auget. Infra c. 25, 95: civis ii» oplimis rebus constantissimus M. Octavius. Inv. II. 8, 25: quam lenissime quietissimam ad partem explicanda. p. Milone 15, 40: cum — gravissimam adolescens nobilissimus rei piiblicae partem fortissime suscepisset. In Verr. Accus. II. 5, 14: ut — levissimi quidam ex miserrimis desertissimisque oppidis invenirentur.
As you read your assignments, you are to make a reading journal entry. If you write your entries in cursive, each should be at least one page long (without skipping lines) but seldom longer than three pages long. If you wordprocess your entries, then skip lines and make each entry from one to three pages in length.