arsis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “lifting”), from αἴρω (aírō, “I lift”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/ === Noun === arsis (countable and uncountable, plural arses) (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. (poetry) 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. (music) 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. The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking. ==== Derived terms ==== arsic ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Sarsi, saris, siras == French == === Noun === arsis m (invariable) arsis === Further reading === “arsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Participle === arsīs dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of arsus === References === “arsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "arsis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)