Crossword-Solution: ARSIS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Arsis | n. | 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. |
| Arsis | n. | That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent. |
| Arsis | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ARSIS | anagram | RISSA, SARIS, SARSI |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
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Sentences with ARSIS (5)
Nam in unaquaque parte oratione arsis et thesis sunt, non in ordine syllabarum, sed in pronuntiatione: velut in hac parte _natura_, ut quando dico _natu_ elevatur vox, et est arsis intus; quando vero sequitur _ra_ vox deponitur, et est thesis deforis.
The syllable which receives the ictus is called the thesis; the rest of the foot is called the arsis.
Camp and king's antechamber and embassage and battle made the arsis and thesis of his poetry, and his poems are a picture of Edward III's age, accurate as if a king's pageant passing flung shadow in a stream along whose bank it marched.
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.
Without inquiring how far this coincides with the accent and accentuation of the classical grammarians, it may be stated that, in the forthcoming pages, arsis, ictus metricus, and accent (_in the English sense of the word_), mean one and the same thing.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 27 times in crossword archives (1942–2014).