arsis
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/ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/
Definition of arsis
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
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noun
- Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
- (countable, uncountable)The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
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(countable, uncountable)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.
“it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement”
- (countable, uncountable)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)The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
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Etymology
From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”).
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