arsis

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Turkish - Turkish
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English - English
raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
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
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent
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
ictus
arsis

    Hyphenation

    ar·sis

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin Arsis Ancient Greek ἄρσις (Arsis, “ elevation”)
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