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Arsis

//ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
  2. 2
    The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter. countable, uncountable

    "it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement"

  4. 4
    The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “lifting”), from αἴρω (aírō, “I lift”).

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