arsis

arsis, is, f., = ἄρσις, in metre,

• the elevation of the voice; opp. thesis, depression (in pure Lat., sublatio, Diom. p. 471 P.), Mart. Cap. 9, p. 328; Don. p. 1738 P.; cf. Ter. Maur. p. 2412 P., and Mar. Vict. p. 2482 P.

arsis, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (ἄρσις), in der Metrik, die Hebung des Tones (Ggstz. thesis, die Senkung), rein lat. sublatio od. elatio od. elevatio vocis (Ggstz. depositio vocis ac remissio od. positio od. deiectio vocis, die Senkung), Prisc. de accent. 13. Mart. Cap. 9. § 974. Isid. 1, 16, 21. Fulg. mitol. 3, 9. p. 76, 8 H. u.a. Gramm.

arsis [ἄρσις] , arsis (metr.), accentuation. b dilation (of heart), diastole. ~is interpretatur elevatio, thesis positio; sed ~is in prima parte nominis seu verbi ponenda est, thesis in secunda Aldh. PR 112; ~is est vocis elevatio, ‥ thesis est positio Bart. Angl. XIX 128.  b hoc [cor] habet duos motus contrarios, sc. dilatationis et constrictionis, que dicuntur diastole et sistole apud Grecos vel ~is et thesis, id est elevatio et depressio Ric. Med. Anat. 226.

arsis, is, f. (ἄρσις), temps levé de la mesure [opp. thesis ] : Prisc. Gramm. 3, 521, 25 K ; Capel. 9, 974.