Arsis (plural arses)
Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
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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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ar"sis, n. Etym: [L. arsis, Gr. lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.]
1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
Note: It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: 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 thesis. Moore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
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