ARSIS

Etymology

Noun

Arsis (plural arses)

Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot

Anagrams

• Sarsi, saris, siras

Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• Sarsi, saris, siras

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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