arsis

πᾶσα οἰκία ὁπλιτῶν νένακτο → every house had been crammed with soldiers

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

arsis: is, f., = ἄρσις, in metre,
I the elevation of the voice; opp. thesis, depression (in pure Lat., sublatio, Diom. p. 471 P.), Mart. Cap. 9, p. 328; Don. p. 1738 P.; cf. Ter. Maur. p. 2412 P., and Mar. Vict. p. 2482 P.

arsis, is, f. (ἄρσις), temps levé de la mesure [opp. thesis ] : Prisc. Gramm. 3, 521, 25 K ; Capel. 9, 974.

arsis, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (ἄρσις), in der Metrik, die Hebung des Tones (Ggstz. thesis, die Senkung), rein lat. sublatio od. elatio od. elevatio vocis (Ggstz. depositio vocis ac remissio od. positio od. deiectio vocis, die Senkung), Prisc. de accent. 13. Mart. Cap. 9. § 974. Isid. 1, 16, 21. Fulg. mitol. 3, 9. p. 76, 8 H. u.a. Gramm.