Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. · 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. · 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.
From Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “lifting”), from αἴρω (aírō, “to lift”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionἄρσιςgrc
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