ARSIS


Meaning of ARSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-səs ]

noun

( plural ar·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, raising of the voice, accented part of foot, from Greek, upbeat, less important part of foot, literally, act of lifting, from aeirein, airein to lift

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : the lighter or shorter part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse

b. : the accented or longer part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse

2. : the unaccented part of a musical measure — compare thesis

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.