thesis
From LSJ
Ὥς ἐστ' ἄπιστος (ἄπιστον) ἡ γυναικεία φύσις → Muliebris o quam sexus est infida res → Wie unverlässlich ist die weibliche Natur
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. θέσις, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thĕsis: is, f., = θέσις,> in rhetoric,
I a proposition, thesis (pure Lat. propositum), Quint. 3, 5, 11; 3, 5, 14; 2, 4, 24; 7, 10, 5; 12, 2, 25; Sen. Contr. prooem.—
II In prosody, the falling of the voice, the thesis (opp. arsis), Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 974 and 985.
